Pew Research Center Staff

That's the portion of Gen Nexters (those ages 18-25) who say it is okay for other people to smoke marijuana; 35% of Gen Xers and Boomers agree.

That's the number of currently employed Americans who don't expect they will ever make enough money to have the kind of life they want.

That's the percentage of Americans who say they believe a way can be found for the state of Israel to exist so that the rights and needs of the Palestinian people are taken care of.

As American families gather for the Thanksgiving Holiday, many among them will be distracted by America's favorite sport, football. A plurality of Americans (34%) rate football as their favorite sport to watch.

That's the percentage of Democratic voters who say the party has done an excellent or good job standing up for traditional Democratic positions.

Just 36% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say the Republican Party does an excellent or good job of standing up for traditional GOP positions.

That's the percentage of Americans who say that the former president would have a positive influence on his wife, if she wins the presidency.

That's the percentage of the U.S. public that thinks that Pope Benedict XVI is doing an excellent or good job at promoting good relations with other major religions; this compares with 46% who say he is doing only a fair or poor job.

Slightly more than half of the U.S. public (53%) say they have a favorable opinion of both Mormons and Muslim Americans, although most say they know little or nothing about either faith.

That's the percentage of young white evangelicals (ages 18-29) who identify as Republicans, a 15-point drop since 2005.