Pew Research Center Staff

According to a Pew Global Attitudes survey, 31% of the Chinese public considers religion to be very or somewhat important in their lives, compared with only 11% who say religion is not at all important.

Nearly half of independents (46%) are undecided or may change their minds.

A plurality of Americans think it was a bad decision to hold the Olympics in Beijing.

Majorities in 18 of 24 countries describe current economic conditions in their country as bad.

By a margin of 46-42, Americans say that the rich are rich mainly because they know the right people or are born into wealth rather than because of hard work, ambition or education.

Young voters identify much more with Democrats than Republicans.

Nearly six-in-ten Americans say Republicans favor the rich.

Currently, just 29% of Republicans are satisfied with the state of the nation, an eleven-point drop in just two months, and half the proportion expressing satisfaction in January 2007

In a 24-nation survey, the median percentage saying the French government respects the freedoms of its people is 63%.

Not one Shia respondent in the Lebanese sample expresses a favorable view of America