Pew Research Center Staff

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short reads | Nov 12, 2007

GenNexters Say “We’re Really Different!”

That's the percentage of young Americans (ages 18-25) who see their generation as unique and distinct from other generations. This sentiment is held by young people across the board -- men, women, conservative, moderate, white and non-white.

short reads | Nov 12, 2007

Witnesses to Exorcisms

That's the number of American adults who say they have experienced or witnessed an exorcism, when the devil or evil spirits are driven out of a person.

short reads | Nov 5, 2007

Declining Confidence in Political Wisdom of Americans

That's the proportion of Americans who say they have a good deal of confidence in the wisdom of the American people when it comes to making political decisions, a seven-point decline from the number who expressed that view a decade ago, and a steep 20-point decline from the 1960s.

short reads | Nov 2, 2007

Electing a Woman President

That's the percentage of Americans who say that electing a woman president would be a good thing, a 55% majority say they do not think the gender for the president matters and 9% think a woman president would be a bad thing.

short reads | Nov 2, 2007

Mormonism Not a Christian Religion

Nearly a third of Americans (31%) express the opinion that Mormonism is not a Christian religion; white evangelical Protestants are most likely to take this view.

short reads | Nov 2, 2007

Young White Evangelical Support for Bush

That's the percentage of white evangelicals ages 18-29 who now say they approve of the job President Bush is doing, a 42- percentage-point drop since 2002.

short reads | Nov 2, 2007

Americans’ Less Confident About Solving Problems

That's the proportion of the U.S. public that agrees with the statement that "as Americans we can always find a way to solve our problems and get what we want," a 16-point drop from the 74% who thought so in 2002.

short reads | Nov 1, 2007

Parental Rules for Teenage Internet Users

That's the percentage of parents who say they have rules about the kinds of internet sites their teenaged children can or cannot visit, as well as rule about what kinds of information their children can share with people they talk to online.

short reads | Oct 31, 2007

Think Elected Officials Care What We Think

That's the relatively small proportion of Americans who agree with the statement, "most elected officials care what people like me think," nearly matching the 20-year low of 33% recorded in 1994 and a 10-point drop since 2002.

short reads | Oct 24, 2007

Think Government Serves the Public Interest

That's the minority share of the American public that now agrees with the view that "the government is really run for the benefit of all the people," down from the 55% who said so five years ago.

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