Pew Research Center Staff

Seven-in-ten say they have a great deal or fair amount of confidence in Obama to fix the economy; 55% say that about Democratic leaders and 38% about Republican leaders.

As many Republicans say their party's leaders have failed to clearly articulate their position (42%) as say they have explained themselves clearly (41%).

Virtually all of the 3.4 million increase in suburban public school enrollments over the past decade and a half has been due to a rapid increase in Latino -- and to a lesser degree -- black and Asian students.

Six-in-ten Americans support allowing gays to serve openly in the armed forces.

Since his appearance on the national scene, a consistent one-in-ten Americans say Barack Obama is a Muslim; another 35% say they do not know Obama's religion.

Slightly more than a quarter of registered voters call themselves Republicans, a low in 16 years of polling by the Pew Research Center; most GOPers now think their party should move further to the right.

About eight-in-ten American adults say they consider not reporting all income on one's taxes to be morally wrong.

The period from 1999 to 2007 is the longest in modern U.S. economic history in which inflation-adjusted median household income failed to surpass an earlier peak.

Church attendance has remained unchanged during the economic downturn.

Four-in-ten suburban residents give their community high marks, a higher level of satisfaction than that found among residents of cities, rural areas and small towns.