Generational Gaps in Views of Entitlement Programs
More than eight-in-ten (86%) Millennials favor allowing younger workers to put Social Security taxes into private accounts.
Bloggers Back the Occupy Wall Street Protests
For the first time since the Occupy Wall Street protests began in September, the subject was among the most discussed on blogs.
Public Divided Over Occupy Wall Street Movement
About four-in-ten Americans say they support the Occupy Wall Street movement (39%), while nearly as many (35%) say they oppose the movement launched last month in New York’s financial district. By contrast, more say they oppose the Tea Party movement than support it (44% vs. 32%), according to the latest survey by the Pew Research […]
Growing Attention to Wall Street Protests
Overview The public focused most closely last week on two interrelated news stories – the nation’s struggling economy and the anti-Wall Street protests that have now spread far beyond their beginnings in New York City. Two-in-ten (20%) say their top story was reports about the condition of the U.S. economy. That’s about the same as […]
Public and Occupy Wall Street Movement Agree on Key Issues
For more debate on Occupy Wall Street click here. The American public is beginning to take notice of the “Occupy movement.” The Pew Research Center’s polling this week finds a growing number of people paying attention to news about the movement. And the Gallup Poll found that among the minority of its respondents who are […]
Public and ’Occupy Wall Street’ Movement Agree on Key Issues
In an analysis in the New York Times, Pew Research Center president Andrew Kohut writes that the American public is beginning to take notice of the "Occupy movement." Polling this week finds a growing number of people paying attention to news about the movement.
Top One-Word Reaction to Cain Is a Number: 9-9-9
When Americans are asked to describe Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain in a single word, they most frequently offer a series of numbers: “9-9-9.” Cain’s tax proposal is mentioned more often than his background as a businessman. For Mitt Romney, the most frequently used single word is his religion – “Mormon.” And the most frequently […]
Who Doesn’t Gather Health Information Online?
Why do some people look online for health information while others do not?
A Third in GOP Have Seen a Presidential Debate
Overview About a quarter of the public (27%) says they have watched one or more of the Republican presidential debates so far this year. Most debate watchers say the televised sessions have been helpful in learning about the candidates (61%) and a third (34%) say the debates have led them to change their minds about […]
The Media Primary
Which candidate has fared best in the news media in the first five months of the race for president?
