Pew Research Center Staff

About half (51%) of low-income Republican voters say that the economic system in the U.S. unfairly favors the wealthy.

The percentage of Jewish voters who identify with the Republican Party has increased by 9 points since 2008.

On blogs and Twitter, Facebook is a major and enduring topic. It has been among the top five most-discussed topics on at least one of those platforms in 39 different weeks between January 2009 and the end of January 2012.

Roughly a quarter of Republican and Republican-leaning registered voters have annual family incomes under $30,000, and 57% of them say that the government does not do enough for poor people in this country.

Just under four-in-ten (39%) adults under the age of 40 say they have an immediate family member who served in the military. By contrast, 60% of veterans younger than 40 have an an immediate family member who served.

Two-thirds (67%) of Latinos (compared with 61% of the general public) say their standard of living is better than that of their parents at a similar age.

Just a quarter of Americans say they are more likely to support a presidential candidate who has been an elected official in Washington, D.C. for many years. This number has declined since 2007.

Nearly a quarter of Egyptians (23%) say they have used social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter to obtain news about their country’s political situation.

While an equal number of Americans (69%) list the federal budget deficit and terrorism as top priorities for President Obama and Congress in 2012, the deficit has risen in importance and terrorism has fallen since 2007.

While 46% of U.S. Mormons say that they face a lot of discrimination, 56% believe that the country is ready for a Mormon president.