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Marriage Equality: Can Polling Tell Us What It Means for Obama?

Margie Omero | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: 2012 Elections, Pollster Analysis, Polling, 2012 Election, Pew Research Center, Obama Gay Marriage, Cbs, Gallup, Election 2012, Gay Marriage, Barack Obama, Pollster, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News

Obama's support is already in the single digits with Republicans. How much less likely to vote for him can Republicans be?

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How Low Can They Go? Report Checks Falling Poll Response Rates

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Polls, Poll Response Rates, Video, Pollster Analysis, Response Rates, Pew Research Center, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- How low can they go? A new study from the Pew Research Center released on Tuesday finds that poll response rates continue to fall "drama...

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Obama Condones Same-Sex Marriage; When Will He Condemn Poverty?

Lauren Brown Jarvis | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Tavis Smiley, Cornel West, Poverty, President Obama, America, Economy, Pew Research Center, Poor, Pew Charitable Trusts, Economic Mobility, Same-Sex Marriage, American Poverty, Politics News

Tavis Smiley believes America has the power to completely eradicate poverty amongst its citizens in a little as ten years. He questions how America could allow the dreams of its people to transform into a nightmare.

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Obama's and America's Remarkable Evolution on Gay Rights

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.11.2012

Historians will no doubt view President Obama's announcement favoring same-sex marriage as an historic statement, parallel to those of FDR on workers' rights and LBJ on civil rights. But like FDR and LBJ, Obama's endorsement was due to a combination of personal belief and political opportunity.

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4 Reasons We Need Cash

Tim Chen | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Mobile Payments, Credit Cards, Money, Financial Literacy, Personal Finance, Cash, Pew Research Center, Google Wallet, Money News

Getting rid of cash altogether could have some serious unintended consequences for society. Cash, while not perfect, is vital for a healthy economic system.

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I Am White

Pedro C. Moreno | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Unity, Whites, Treyvon Martin, Jews, Language, George Zimmerman, Latin America, Ethnicity, Pew Research Center, Mexico, Ray Romano, American., Hispanics, Rachel Welch, Minority, Race, American Family, Italians, Latino Voices News

I would rather call myself an American. But if you press me, if you really want me to adopt a label, for the sake of equality and freedom I will tell you: I am white.

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How Old is 'Old'?

Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: The Middle Age, Middle Age Definition, Social Security, Middle Age, Senior Citizens, Middle Aged Women, The Middle Ages, Pew Research Center, Middle-Aged, Old Age, Marist Poll, Middle Aged Men, Fifty News

If age is indeed a number, where do Americans draw the line between middle-aged and elderly? To people age 45 and younger, the line of demarcation...

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Supreme Court Favorability Hits New Low

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 05.01.2012

WASHINGTON -- Fifty-two percent of Americans hold a favorable view of the Supreme Court, a quarter-century low according to Pew Research Center, which...

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1 In 10 American Marriages Are Interracial

The Huffington Post | Jennifer Lai | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Interethnic Marriage, Intermarriage, 2010, Mixed-Race Marriage, Pew Research Center, Interracial Marriage Statistics, u.s. Census Bureau, Interracial Marriage, Weddings News

One in 10 American marriages are between partners of a different race or ethnicity, according to data released on Wednesday by the U.S. Census Bureau....

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"Controlling" the Gun Debate: An Open Letter to All Pollsters

Margie Omero | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Gun Violence, Politics, Pollster Analysis, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Polling, Pew Research Center, Gallup, Guns, Illegal Guns, Gun Safety, Pollster, Politics News

By not revisiting their question language, polling outlets are actually influencing the debate by suggesting there is less support for stronger gun laws than actually exists.

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Latino Voters Concerned About Many Issues But Glued Together By Immigration Concerns

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Latino Voters, Kris Kobach, Pew Research Center, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Republican, Latino Electorate, Pew Hispanic Center, Latino Voices News

If politics is a game of numbers, then presumptive GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney faces an election gauntlet with competing equations for vict...

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Study: Romney Gets More Positive Press Coverage Than Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 04.23.2012

NEW YORK -- During the past several months of the Republican primary campaign, presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney received a mix of positive and nega...

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Media Anointed Romney After Michigan Win: Report

AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Mitt Romney Media, 2012 Elections, Media Elections, Pew Mitt Romney, Pew Research Center, Media 2012, Mitt Romney Nomination, 2012 Media, Mitt Romney, Ap, Media News

NEW YORK (AP) — The media decided that Mitt Romney would be the inevitable Republican presidential nominee weeks before voters did, according to a r...

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What Women Now Value More Than Men

Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Career & Money, Career Women, Pew Report, Kristina Durante, Pew Research Center, Women Value Career Success More Than Men, Working Women, Women and Work, Women News

We knew that young women in some areas of the U.S. were outearning their male peers, but new data suggests that career success is a higher priority fo...

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Good News For LGBT Equality: Gay Marriage No Longer A Top Election Concern, Poll Finds

Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Video, 2012 Elections, Gay Rights, Gay Marriage Elections, Gay Marriage Poll, Pew Research Center, LGBT Rights, Elections 2012, Pew Research, Slideexpand, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage Equality, Gay Voices News

Good news for same-sex couples aspiring to tie the knot: a new survey has found that gay marriage ranks low among the top concerns of voters ahead of ...

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Trayvon Martin Dominates Media Coverage, But Some Wish It Didn't

Akilah Bolden-Monifa | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Rallies, Trayvon Martin Case, George Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin, Pew Research Center, Protests, Hoodies, Trayvon Martin George Zimmerman, Race, Trayvon Martin Shooting, Black Voices News

News and information about Trayvon Martin's death dominates the media. It wasn't always that way, the shooting occurred on February 26th but the n...

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That Ain't PC

Stephen W.T. O'Keeffe | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Technology, Pew Research Center, Meritalk, Pc, Ipad, Mobile Technology, Tablets, Technology News

What happens to downloaded government data if people are careless with their toys? How do we say no when the cabinet secretary says yes?

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How Howard Pew's Vision Gestated Rick Santorum -- and Lessons for Progressive Philanthropy

Maxim Thorne | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Yale, Nonprofit-Lobbying, Olivier Zunz, Superpacs, Pew Research Center, Rick Santorum, Howard Pew, Nonprofit Advocacy, Clay Bennett, Pew Charitable Trusts, Citizens United, Philanthropy in Action, Politics News

As we witness the tentacles of the Supreme Court's decision in Citizen's United v. the FEC, I wonder at the walls being torn down between corporation and individual giving.

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Will Texting Make the Phone Obsolete?

Larry Magid | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Smartphones, Pew Internet & American Life Project, Pew Research Center, Texting, Cell Phones, Telephone, Teens Texting, Technology News

I'm not talking about smartphones -- they're really not phones, but pocket-sized personal computers with an optional voice function -- but I do wonder whether the idea of using any type of device to actually talk is likely to fade away or at least diminish?

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These Gen Yers Are Bucking The Trend

The Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Sharing, Boomerang Kids, Economic Recession, Pew Research Center, Pew, Living at Home, Pew Data, Social Trends, Money News

Moving back home with mom and dad is...cool? According to a recent Pew Research Center report on the "boomerang generation" three in 10 young adult...

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Pew Study: Public Appetite For News Growing, But Business May Not Profit

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: State of the Media, Pew Media Report, Death of Newspapers, Project for Excellence in Journalism, Pew Study, Pew Research Center, Media News

NEW YORK -- Mobile technology appears to be increasing the public appetite for news but it's far from clear whether the news industry will profit from...

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Clash Warfare

Ed Crego, George Muñoz and Frank Islam | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Jacob Hacker, Lower Class, Charles Murray, Class Warfare, Upper Class, Andrew Kohut, American Dream, Pew Research Center, Middle Class, Politics News

"Clash warfare" may appeal to a minority, but it does nothing to respond to the economic and social concerns of the majority of Americans. For them, class warfare is not the issue -- fairness and opportunity are.

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Americans Hold High Opinion Of Colleges

Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Opinion Research, Independents, College, Favorability Rating, College News, Pew Research Center, Pew Center, Conservative Republicans, American Opinion, Study, Liberal Democrats, Universities, College News

Americans across party lines have a pretty high opinion of colleges. In a new Pew Research Center poll, only small businesses and technology compan...

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Celebrating Ayyam-I-Ha: A Holiday You Haven't Heard Of

Homa Sabet Tavangar | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Holidays, Christmas, Lent, Global Motherhood, Interracial Marriage, Baha'i, Fat Tuesday, Ayyam-I-Ha, Rituals, Fasting, Pew Research Center, Celebrations, Demographics, Parenting Advice, Diversity, Parents, Religion News

Depending on our life circumstances and cultural milieu, we make up different things... I have made up how we celebrate a holiday tradition.

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When Are We Old?

Alan Elsner | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Middle Age, The Bible, Social Security, Lewis Carroll, Pew Research Center, Shakespeare, Old Age, Old-Old, Fifty News

The advent of another birthday recently prompted me to ask myself: At what age does a person stop getting older and actually become old? In other words, when does old age begin?

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