Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World

Read our research on:

Home Research Topics Short Reads

Short Reads

All

Short Reads

Publications

  • short reads

    An Inconvenient Truth

    The percentage of Americans calling environmental protection a top priority this year declined by 15 percentage points from last January.

  • short reads

    Obama’s Hispanic Outreach

    Among Hispanics contacted by a campaign in 2008, 59% were contacted by the Obama campaign.

  • short reads

    Gen X: Online Grown-Ups

    Two-thirds of those ages 33 to 44 do their banking online and 80% have gone shopping on the internet.

  • short reads

    Ditto Rush

    Rush Limbaugh has the most conservative audience of any network or program tested by Pew Research.

  • short reads

    Dem ID Advantage

    Nearly four-in-ten voters identify themselves as Democrats.

  • short reads

    Where’s Home?

    Among adults who have lived in multiple communities, four-in-ten say home is not where they currently live.

  • short reads

    Tickets to Paradise

    Three-in-ten Americans say belief is the key factor in achieving eternal life; about the same proportion view actions as the primary factor (29%).

  • short reads

    First-Time Hispanic Voters

    One-in-five Hispanics who voted in last November’s election were first-time voters.

  • short reads

    Housing Crisis

    One-in-five Americans have had trouble paying their rent or mortgage in the past year.

  • short reads

    Big Macs or Lattes?

    More Americans would rather live in a place with more McDonald’s than Starbucks.