Public Opinion

Report : Majority of Americans Say Immigration Policy Needs Overhaul

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:15:00 GMT

Americans strongly believe that the nation’s immigration system is due for an overhaul, but that widely-held view is not matched by consensus on how to deal with illegal and legal immigration.

Report : Introducing Fact Tank

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:05:00 GMT

Welcome to Fact Tank, a new, real-time platform from the Pew Research Center, dedicated to finding news in the numbers.

Report : 5 Facts About Tumblr

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:00:00 GMT

Yahoo! today confirmed that it’s buying 6-year-old blogging service Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash. Who uses Tumblr? We consulted the recent report on social-media demographics from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project to find out.

Report : Partisan Interest, Reactions to IRS and AP Controversies

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:40:00 GMT

So far, public interest in a trio of controversies connected to the Obama administration remains limited. Republicans are following the stories much more closely.

Report : Gun Homicide Rate Down 49% Since 1993 Peak; Public Unaware

Wed, 08 May 2013 16:38:58 GMT

National rates of gun homicide and other violent gun crimes are strikingly lower now than during their peak in the mid-1990s, paralleling a general decline in violent crime, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government data.

Report : Civic Engagement in the Digital Age

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:08:07 GMT

Social networking sites have grown more important in recent years as a venue for political involvement, learning, and debate. Overall, 39% of all American adults took part in some sort of political activity on a social networking site during the 2012 campaign.

Report : How Americans Feel About Doing Their Taxes

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:57:36 GMT

As April 15 approaches, a majority of Americans (56%) have a negative reaction to doing their income taxes, with 26% saying they hate doing them. However, about a third (34%) say they either like (29%) or love (5%) doing their taxes.

Report : Update: The Rise of Asian Americans

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:14:26 GMT

Asian Americans are the highest-income, best-educated and fastest-growing racial group in the United States. They are more satisfied than the general public with their lives, finances and the direction of the country, and they place more value than other Americans do on marriage, parenthood, hard work and career success, according to a comprehensive new nationwide survey by the Pew Research Center.

Report : Majority Now Supports Legalizing Marijuana

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:23:08 GMT

For the first time in more than four decades of polling on the issue, a majority of Americans favor legalizing the use of marijuana. A national survey finds that 52% say that the use of marijuana should be made legal while 45% say it should not.

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