Pew Research Center Staff

Six-in-ten say U.S. troops should be removed from Afghanistan as soon as possible.

A majority of Latino voters say education is an extremely important issue in this year’s election.

Young adults are more likely than other age groups to say they are not affiliated with a religion.

Fully 54% of women say abortion is a very important issue to their vote, compared with 36% of men -- a gap of 18 points.

Scott Keeter, Director of Survey Research, answers questions about the factors behind the growing partisan gap in American politics.

Two-thirds of young women ages 18 to 34 rate career high on their list of life priorities, compared with 59% of young men.

Fewer than two-in-ten Latino eligible voters live in the battleground states for this year’s presidential election.

The percent of Americans who say they read a print newspaper the previous day continues to drop, falling 18 points over the last decade to 23%.

About six-in-ten disagree with the idea that “we should make every possible effort to improve the position of blacks and other minorities, even if it means giving them preferential treatment.”

The number of Americans saying they saw news or news headlines on social networking sites the previous day increased from 9% in 2010 to 19%