Pew Research Center Staff

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short reads | Mar 5, 2008

Your Information Online? No Problem

Fully six-in-ten online adults are not worried about how much of their personal information is available on the internet.

short reads | Feb 29, 2008

The Inevitable Candidate: Obama?

As voters go to the polls in Ohio, Texas, Rhode Island and Vermont, seven-in-ten Democrats (70%) say Obama is most likely to win the party's nomination, while just 17% see Clinton as the likely victor. Even a majority (52%) of Clinton's backers say they think Obama is likely to emerge as the winner.

short reads | Feb 21, 2008

Fast Rising Prices

Nearly eight-in-ten Americans feel that prices in the US have risen "a lot" in recent years.

short reads | Feb 21, 2008

Losing Ground Financially

Nearly six-in-ten Americans (58%) now say that their incomes are falling behind the rising cost of living, compared with just 44% who expressed this view in September 2007.

short reads | Feb 21, 2008

Where’s Waldo?: Look Online

Half of adult internet users say they think it would be "pretty easy" for someone to find them based on the information available about them online.

short reads | Feb 21, 2008

Republicans’ Concern About Lobbyists Rises

Reducing the influence of lobbyists and special interest groups in Washington is now a much higher priority among Republicans than it was a year ago; roughly four-in-ten Republicans (42%) currently rate such efforts a top priority, up from 28% in January 2007.

short reads | Feb 21, 2008

U.S. Muslims Prefer Democrats

That's the percentage of Muslim Americans who say they are Democrats or lean toward the Democratic Party.

short reads | Feb 21, 2008

50 Cent Takes a Rap

Only 17% of African Americans view gangsta rapper 50 Cent as a "good influence," by far the lowest approval rating accorded any on a list of black newsmakers in a recent Pew survey.

short reads | Feb 20, 2008

A Widening Hardship Gap

The gap between the wealthiest and poorest people in affording basic items is much wider now than it was during the 1992 economic downturn; more than six-in-ten (62%) self-described “working class” people now say their incomes are falling behind the cost of living

short reads | Feb 19, 2008

US: Castro Was Bad for Cuba

Fully two-thirds of Americans (66%) think that Fidel Castro, who resigned as president of Cuba this week, has been bad for his country.

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