Politics & Policy

There are 214,000 eligible Hispanic voters in Virginia, 4% of all eligible voters in the state.

There are 271,000 eligible Hispanic voters in Washington, 6% of all eligible voters in the state.

There are 130,000 eligible Hispanic voters in Wisconsin, 3% of all eligible voters in the state.

There are 25,000 eligible Hispanic voters in Wyoming, 6% of all eligible voters in the state.

Young voters are significantly less engaged in this year’s election than at a comparable point in 2008 and now lag far behind older voters in interest in the campaign and intention to vote. The share of voters younger than 30 who are following campaign news very closely is roughly half what it was at this […]

Susannah Fox will be the opening keynote speaker at a symposium on self-tracking in health.

During what may prove a key period in the race for president, the candidates received very different treatment on Twitter, Facebook and blogs than in the mainstream media, a new PEJ study finds. The candidates each enjoyed a bounce in mainstream media treatment during their conventions. By contrast, social media showed little change, and the discourse was highly negative.

Overview There is no public consensus when it comes to how the presidential candidates are being covered by the news media. Nearly half (46%) say the coverage of Romney has been fair, while among those who see a bias as many say the press has been too easy on the GOP nominee (20%) as too […]