Pew Research Center Staff

Only 13% of U.S. adults say it’s “very important” for them to be wealthy, ranking this personal priority far behind six others measured in a Pew Social Trends survey.

Fully 78% of voters cite education as a very important issue.

Just 49% of Republicans say there is evidence of global warming.

Just 34% of voters say they know a lot about McCain’s stance on major issues.

Fully 36% of adult internet users say they have used a search engine to find information about someone from their past.

One-third of those who say they were raised Catholic no longer describe themselves as Catholic, which means that roughly 10% of all Americans are former Catholics.

More than four in ten Americans (43%) say that the use of torture can be justified to gain key information sometimes (31%) or often (12%).

Just 18% of Americans say they are satisfied with the way things are going in the country today, down from 22% in March and 27% at the end of 2007. This represents a new low in 20 years of Pew Research Center polling.

Following Tennessee’s lead, seven states have moved to guarantee domestic production of all U.S. flags purchased by the state government while one other state, Minnesota seeks to bar all foreign-made flags.