Renew U.S.-Cuba Ties
By a margin of 52%-33%, Americans think the U.S. should re-establish diplomatic relations with Cuba.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
For much of last week, the dominant topic in the news was the installation of a new Congress as well as its impact on politics, public policy and the Obama administration. But over the weekend, an attack that occurred about 2,000 miles from Washington D.C. quickly commandeered the attention of the media and the nation.
Nearly two thirds of internet users have paid to download or access some kind of online content, ranging from music to games to news articles.
About a quarter of Americans used their cell phones to learn about or participate in the 2010 midterm election campaign.
Members of the Baby Boom generation align more closely with younger generations than with older ones on most social issues.
Fully 80% of Baby Boomers say they are dissatisfied with the way things are going in the country today.
More than three-fourths of Americans saw the federal budget deficit as a threat to the recovering economy … in 1983. Then, as now, there was far less agreement about what to do about it.
Along with the U.S., three other nations surveyed have at least four-in-ten adults on social networks: Poland, Britain and South Korea.