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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Pew Research Center

Pew Research Center stories: 8 news summaries

 Obama's Approval 
 Rating Softens 

Economy pulls down numbers

Jun 23, 09 9:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Concerns over the economy are weighing down President Obama’s poll numbers, which have fallen to their lowest point since his inauguration, Politico reports. Obama’s 57% approval rating in a Gallup tracking poll this weekend remains high, but a series of recent polls find his support falling among Republicans... More »

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Pew • Pew Research Center • approval ratings • economy • NBC/WSJ Poll • poll numbers • Gallup poll • Gallup • New York Times/CBS News poll • Obama administration • NBC News/Wall Street Journal • President Obama


 Gadgets Have 
 Consumers 
 Crying for Help 

Buyers frustrated by problems with cell phones, internet access and computers

Nov 17, 08 1:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Digital technology plays a key role in the lives of most Americans, but it's often too complex, frustrating, and prone to failure, a study by the Pew Research Center finds. Nearly half of consumers said they regularly need help setting up a device, learning how to use it, or solving... More »

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technology • Internet • Comcast • cell phones • iPod • BlackBerry • Pew Internet and American Life Project • MP3s • Pew Research Center • Internet access • consumers

 Americans Resent 
 Wall St. Bailout 

Poll shows 79% seek change of course

Sep 24, 08 4:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Most Americans, struggling unaided with their own financial problems, resent the Wall Street bailout, reports the Los Angeles Times. Taxpayers don't believe it should be government's responsibility to foot the bill for the collapse of America's financial goliaths, according to a Times/Bloomberg poll. But 57% in a separate poll believe... More »

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Wall Street • Pew Research Center • bailout • Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll • financial crisis

 Support for
 Iraq War
 Highest
 Since 2006 

Poll finds 53% believe US will succeed; McCain stands to benefit

Mar 13, 08 1:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Americans' support for the Iraq war is at its highest since the summer of 2006, with some 53% believing the 6-year-old US mission will succeed in bringing stability to the country—up from 42% in September, Politico reports. A February Pew Research Center poll found 48% of Americans believe the... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Iraqi government • Pew Research Center • Iraq war • Iraq exit strategy • troop drawdown

US Latino Population to Triple by 2050

Immigration will drive America's growth to
438 million: study

Feb 11, 08 6:20 PM CST
(Newser) - America's Latino population will triple and whites will become a minority by mid-century, a new study says. The US population will also soar from 303 million to 438 million, mostly due to immigration. Whites, now two-thirds of Americans, are projected to sink to 47%, down from 85% in 1960. More »

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immigration • population • Asians • Latinos • Hispanic • Pew Research Center • African-Americans

Young Evangelicals Shifting Left

Many are dropping hot-button issues to take on media and Internet porn

Feb 11, 08 5:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Young evangelicals are dropping hot-button GOP issues like abortion and gay marriage to embrace less controversial causes, a new survey says. Internet porn, liberal media, and AIDS orphans now top their political hot list, and many young evangelicals who still rank abortion as number one also pick Barack Obama—a... More »

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climate change • Barack Obama • abortion • Pat Robertson • James Dobson • evangelicals • Pew Research Center • Rick Warren

OPINION

Did Race Cost Obama NH?

Poll expert thinks poor whites voted against him because he's black

Jan 11, 08 8:59 AM CST
(Newser) - Polls predicting a Barack Obama win in New Hampshire were way off, and the head of the Pew Research Center thinks race and class were part of the reason. In his years as a pollster, he has found that poorer, less-educated white people are less likely to agree to answer... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • New Hampshire primary • Pew Research Center

Some Young American Muslims Take Extreme View

Overall picture looks good, survey reveals

May 23, 07 10:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Young American Muslims are more religious and more willing to defend Islamic extremists than are their elders, a new study concludes. One in four US Muslims under 30 say they believe that suicide attacks may be justified, compared to just 6% of those over 30. Overall, American Muslims are more... More »

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Muslims • extremists • Muslim Americans • discrimination • Islamic extremists • surveillance • Pew Research Center

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