Pew Research Center Staff

Only three of the top 10 election newsmaker candidates were voted into office in Tuesday’s election.

In a poll taken before the election, a third of the country said it would make no difference which party won control of Congress.

More than four-in-ten Catholics do not know that their church teaches that the bread and wine used in Communion do not merely symbolize, but actually become, the body and blood of Christ.

On a quiz of religious knowledge, on average, Americans answer 16 of 32 questions correctly.

In the year following the official end of the recent recession, the unemployment rate for immigrant workers fell 0.6 percentage points, while for native-born workers it rose 0.5 percentage points.

Six-in-ten Latinos say discrimination against Hispanics is a “major problem.”

Hispanics are divided about the impact of illegal immigration on Hispanics already living in the U.S.

A majority of Republicans now say there is no solid evidence the earth is warming; three years ago, 62% saw solid evidence.

Americans are divided on the question of whether scientists agree that the earth is warming because of human activity.

The public is divided over whether Barack Obama should seek a second term in 2012.