Pew Research Center Staff

A little more than a third of Americans (35%) say that the increasing number of gay couples raising children is a bad thing for society, down from 50% in 2007.

While gay marriage remains a divisive issue, a 58%-majority of Americans say homosexuality should be accepted, rather than discouraged, by society.

Across the top 25 news websites, three-quarters of all visitors will visit that site only once or twice per month on average.

Google Search and Google News are the biggest single drivers of traffic to top news websites.

A 58%-majority of college presidents say public high school students arrive at college less well prepared than their counterparts of a decade ago.

By a 22-point margin, Egyptians choose democracy over stability.

A majority of Egyptians want their country to annul its peace treaty with Israel.

A record 6.6 million Latinos voted in the 2010 midterm election, but the group’s representation remains below its share of the general population.

Fewer than four-in-ten Americans can say which house of Congress is controlled by the GOP.

Far more young adults are able to identify the founder of Facebook (63%) than name the speaker of the House (21%).