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A majority of liberal Democrats (56%) say the court is conservative; just 12% of conservative Republicans say the same.
There continue to be wide partisan and ideological differences in opinions about the Supreme Court’s ideological leanings.
About four-in-ten conservative Republicans (38%) and 31% of liberal Democrats say the court is middle of the road.
Nearly half of conservative Republicans (48%) see the court as liberal, compared with 8% of liberal Democrats.
On this question there is more of a difference of opinion among Muslims when it comes to how important religion is in their lives.
And it’s not just less-religious Muslims who express this sentiment: While 72% of Muslims who say religion is somewhat (or less) important in their life say they are open to multiple interpretations, a majority (59%) of those who say religion is very important in their life also say there is more than one true way to interpret the faith.
A majority (64%) say there is more than one true way to interpret the faith’s teachings, while just half as many (31%) say there is only one true way to interpret Islam.
About half (52%) of all U.S. Muslim adults also say that traditional understandings of Islam must be reinterpreted to reflect contemporary issues, while 38% maintain that traditional understandings of Islam are all that are needed to address today’s issues.
Among U.S. Christians, there is a similar balance: 60% say there is more than one true way to interpret the teachings of their religion, while 34% say there is just one true way.
While many U.S. Muslims say they attend mosque and pray regularly, sizable shares also say that there is more than one way to interpret their religion and that traditional understandings of Islam need to be reinterpreted to address the issues of today.
For American Muslims, being highly religious does not necessarily translate into acceptance of traditional notions of Islam.
Those who say religion is very important in their lives are evenly divided (43% say traditional understandings should be reinterpreted vs. 46% who say traditional understandings are all that is needed), while about seven-in-ten (71%) of those who say religion is less important express the view that Islamic teachings need to be reinterpreted.
At the same time, American Muslims openly acknowledge that there is room for multiple interpretations of the teachings of Islam.
Meanwhile, the share of Latin American and Caribbean emigrants living in Europe reached 12% in 2017, up from 7% in 1990.
Argentina was the top destination country for this group of emigrants, with 1.8 million people from other Latin American countries living there in 2017, up from 830,000 in 1990.
The U.S. was home to 67% of the region’s emigrants in 2017, almost unchanged from 62% in 1990.
In 2017, 16% of emigrants lived in other Latin American-Caribbean countries, down from 26% in 1990.
The destinations of emigrants from Latin American and Caribbean countries have changed somewhat since 1990, though the United States remains the overwhelming destination of choice.
(Blacks received the right to vote in 1870 with the Fifteenth Amendment, women in 1920 with the Nineteenth Amendment.)
History break: As McDonald’s chart shows, in the early decades of the republic, midterm elections typically drew more voters than presidential contests.
Those conditions changed in the 1820s during the Second Party System, when most states repealed property qualifications, interest in politics soared as politicians increasingly appealed to ordinary people, and the parties directed much of their energy on capturing the White House after the disputed 1824 election (which John Quincy Adams won even though Andrew Jackson received the most votes).
Back then, most states only gave voting rights to property owners, and Congress — not the presidency — tended to be the federal government’s main power center and focus of electoral campaigns.
By 1840, turnout among the white, male electorate topped 80%; the total number of votes cast that year was 60% higher than in 1836.
In 2018, 144 local TV stations changed hands at a cost of $8.8 billion, as annually reported by BIA Advisory Services.
This is up from $4.7 billion across 107 stations that experienced changes in ownership in 2017.)
That seasonal pattern has remained consistent for many years, regardless of whether the total number of apprehensions for the entire year is up or down.
Striking seasonal fluctuations are apparent in the apprehension data (Figure 11).
The latest data, for March 2007, shows the number of apprehensions declined to about 114,000.
That represents a 30% decrease from March 2006, when apprehensions exceeded 160,000.
Meanwhile the lowest numbers of apprehensions are registered in November and December when many unauthorized migrants travel south for the holidays.
From 2004 to 2006, monthly apprehensions during the peak months leveled off at about 150,000.
The highest numbers of apprehensions are recorded from February to May as migrants move north for the construction and harvesting seasons.
Looking back to the start of the decade, for example, the highest number of apprehensions has occurred in March of every year.
The only demographic gap in attitudes about this question — and it’s not especially wide — comes on the gender front.
So do Republicans and Democrats, blacks and whites, older adults and younger adults, people with low incomes and those with high incomes, and people with college degrees and those with a just a high school education or less.
More men (62%) than women (51%) say parents aren’t being tough enough.
Parents and non-parents feel roughly the same way about this question, the survey finds.
By a ratio of nearly four-to-one, adults in this country say that American parents are placing too little (56%) rather than too much (15%) pressure on students, with the remaining quarter (24%) saying that parents are exerting the right amount of pressure.
From 2010-2012 there was a dip in Asian/Pacific Island women employed in this field.
The rate of Asian/Pacific Islanders employed in computing-related occupations has gone up since 2007.
the number of women in computers has increased to its highest in 2019.
There was an anomaly in 2012 where the rate declined to around 0.03.
Percentage of employed women was decreasing until 2012, when there was a sharp increase, and since then there has been a continued increase in employed women.
Another sharp increase was seen in 2017-2019 of a similar amount.
From 2012-2013 there was a sharp increase of almost 0..02%.
Cottage cheese consumption in the United States has decreased per capita since the year 2004.
Cottage cheese consumption in the United States peaked per capita in 2004.
More Americans search for “church” around Easter than at any other time, with the Christmas season usually ranking second, according to Google Trends data between 2004 and 2013.
Google’s Trends tool measures the popularity of a search term relative to all searches in the United States.
Data are reported on a scale from 0 to 100.
In comparison, a smaller share of U.S. adults (26%) say the federal government’s policies to control the spread of the coronavirus are influenced a great deal by public health experts’ evidence.
About one-quarter of Americans (24%) think such evidence does not influenced the federal government’s response too much or at all.
(The survey asked a random half of respondents to gauge the role this evidence played either in federal policies and the other half to rate its role in their state government’s policies.)
The analysis also shows that the president’s approval rating on handling terrorism, which remain strong at 64%, is not as important a factor in attitudes toward his reelection.
Analysis of the survey shows that judgments of the way Bush is handling the situation in Iraq is a strong factor in attitudes toward his reelection, while opinions of the decision to go to war are not particularly crucial.
This marks a significant change since mid-April, when opinion about the decision to go to war drove voting intentions more than views of the president’s handling of the war.
Here, again, people in France and the UK are notably pessimistic.
In both countries, as well as in Spain, about three-quarters of adults or more say children today will be worse off financially than their parents, even though all three countries saw average annual GDP growth rates between 1% and 2% between 2003 and 2018.
Currently, 65% say divisions between Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. are growing, compared with 78% who said this last fall.
The public has long believed that the nation’s partisan divisions have widened.
But the share saying divisions between Republicans and Democrats, while large, has declined since last September.
Majority sees increased partisan divisions, but fewer do so than last fall.
Between 2009 and 2011 turnover started to decrease year on year but then started to increase year on year thereafter.
In the last 5 years, there has been year on year growth.
The sales volumes were fairly constant between 2008 & 2012.
Although the overall trend has increased, the growth was much slower and more stagnant in the first 5 years.
Over a period of 10 years from 2008 until 2018 the turnover increased by approximately 60 million euros.
Since 2012 sales volumes have risen each year.
Today, about seven-in-ten say it is more important for President Donald Trump to focus on domestic policy right now (69%), little different than the share saying this shortly before he took office or the shares who wanted Barack Obama to focus on domestic policy in the years prior.
For more than a decade, overwhelming majorities of Americans have said that it is more important for the president to focus on domestic policy than foreign policy.
As it happens, the U.S. has one of the most unequal income distributions in the developed world, according to data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development — even after taxes and social-welfare policies are taken into account.
With more attention being paid to economic inequality in the United States, it’s also worth looking at how the nation compares globally.
You can see straight away that in some provinces in Canada they do not produce peat at all in 2019.
There are no peat production in British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario and Yukon.
The states with the highest peat production are Quebec and New Brunswick.
New Brunswick has the highest production of peat in 2019 at almost 400 thousand.
Only five states have any significant peat production.
Lowest number of farmer markets was in 1994 at just under 2,000.
The number of farmers markets has steadily risen for each 10 year period.
From 1995-2005 the number of farmers markets increased by 2000.
Number of farmer markets grew rapidly between 2008 and 2012.
Highest number of farmer markets was in 2014 at just over 8,000.
From 2005 to 2010 farmers markets in US grew my the most .
Number of farmers markets in US from 1994 to 2014 has grown.
From 2005-2015 they increased by over 4000.
Beyond 2010 farmers markets in US grew quicker then 2005 to 2010 period.
The share saying the Democratic Party is too extreme has risen over the past year (from 37%) while perceptions of the GOP have shown less change.
And while 54% say the Republican Party is “too extreme,” fewer (45%) say this phrase applies to the Democratic Party.
But as in the past, more say the Democratic Party “cares about the middle class” (57%) than say that about the Republican Party (42%).
Both parties’ favorability ratings are more negative than positive and fewer than half say either party has high ethical standards.
Majorities also fault both for their approach to government spending.
The public continues to be critical of both political parties.
Moreover, the percentage completely agreeing with this statement has declined significantly — from a high of 53% in 1999 to 41% in the current survey.
Currently, 79% agree that “there are clear guidelines about what’s good and evil that apply to everyone regardless of their situation.” That opinion has not changed much in the past 20 years; nonetheless, as is the case with views on old-fashioned values, the percentage completely agreeing with this statement has fallen, from 47% in 1999 to 39% currently.
Most Americans continue to say that they have “old-fashioned values about family and marriage,” but the percentage endorsing this sentiment has declined in recent years.
Views of whether there are clear and immutable guidelines about good and evil have been more stable over time.
Currently, 76% say they have old-fashioned values, down from 85% a decade ago and 87% in 1987.
Ile-de-France has the largest share of immigrants, around 18%.
This is followed by Corsica and Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur, each with just over 10%.
Brittany and Pays de La Loire have the lowest share of immigrants, each with around 4%.
Democratic registered voters who are bothered the likely nominee is an older white man are slightly more likely than those who are not bothered by it to say they would vote for Biden in the November general election contest against Trump (89% vs. 83%).
Among Democratic voters who are not bothered the presumptive nominee is an older white man, 85% disapprove, including 72% who do so strongly.
And they are especially likely to have a negative evaluation of the president: Nearly all in this group (97%) say they disapprove of the way Trump is handling his job in office, including nine-in-ten who strongly disapprove.
As a consequence, baseline public attitudes toward the war are gradually turning more negative.
The steady drip of negative news from Iraq is significantly undermining support for the U.S. military operation there.
With the number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq exceeding 1,700, there is widespread awareness of the rising American death toll.
Support for an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq continues to inch up ­ from 36% last October, to 42% in February, and 46% currently.
More than three-in-four (75%) Latinos, and 84% of foreign-born Latinos, say their current personal finances are in either fair or poor shape, while 61% of the general U.S. population says that.
But Latinos are more optimistic than others about the future: 67% expect that their financial circumstances will improve over the next year; just 56% of the general population feels the same way.
Latinos make up 15 percent of the total U.S. population, and in many respects their downbeat assessment of the nation’s economy is similar to that of the general population.
And similar shares of the general U.S. population and Latinos say that jobs are difficult to find where they live—73% versus 78%.
According to a recent survey from the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press (December 2008), almost six-in-ten (59%) say the U.S. economy is in poor condition, a belief held by 63% of Latinos.
However, Latinos hold a more negative view of their own current personal financial situation than does the population as a whole.
And half of voters (50%) say “experience and a proven record” is more important to them than “new ideas and a different approach” (43%).
Republicans (59%) are more likely than either Democrats (46%) or independents (48%) to prioritize a proven record.
About six-in-ten (62%) give the U.S. a favorable rating; 29% have an unfavorable opinion.
Brazilians offer favorable opinions of the U.S. and China, their country’s two biggest trading partners, although America’s image is somewhat more positive.
And in Argentina, about the same number rate the U.S. favorably (42%) as rate it unfavorably (41%).
Looking at the other Latin American nations in the survey, 56% of Mexicans offer a favorable opinion, while 35% have a negative view of their
neighbor to the north.
While news about the 2008 presidential campaign remained the public’s top story for a second week in a row, the conditions of the U.S. economy continued to attract considerable public interest.
The national media devoted 2% of all news to the Hudson family tragedy.
The murder of actress Jennifer Hudson’s mother, brother and nephew attracted the very close attention of 17% of the public.
Greater than six-in-ten Americans (63%) were following the economy very closely last week and another 27% were following economic news fairly closely.
Two-in-ten (22%) women followed this story very closely compared with 11% of men.
As is often the case with tabloid stories, women were more interested in the story than men.
Fewer than one-in-ten (7%) listed news about the Hudsons as their most closely followed story of the week.
For the last two weeks, a third of the public (34%) has listed the economy as their most closely followed news story.
According to Pew’s PEJ, news coverage of the economy accounted for 13% of the newshole, down somewhat from the previous week when it was 22% of total news.
Another way to consider the aging of the electorate is to look at median age.
The U.S. electorate is aging: 52% of registered voters are ages 50 and older, up from 41% in 1996.
More than half of Republican and GOP-leaning voters (56%) are ages 50 and older, up from 39% in 1996.
This shift has occurred in both partisan coalitions.
And among Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters, half are 50 and older, up from 41% in 1996.
It rose from 43 to 52 among Republican registered voters and from 45 to 49 among Democratic registered voters.
The median age among all registered voters increased from 44 in 1996 to 50 in 2019.
Majorities in both parties view the other party as closer to the ideological extreme than the center.
Among Republicans, 71% place themselves at least one point away from where they place the GOP on an ideological scale of zero to 10.
More than four-in-ten Republicans (44%) identify as more conservative than their party, with 19% putting themselves at least three points to the right.
They are more likely to consider themselves to the right of the party than its left.
Fewer Republicans (28%) rate themselves as more liberal than the GOP.
Nearly six-in-ten Democrats (58%) place the Republican Party at one of the three most conservative points on the scale (0-2), while 69% of Republicans place the Democratic Party on the most liberal points (8-10).
About as many (26%) say they heard a lot about protests in Wisconsin over bargaining rights for government employee unions.
Slightly more than a quarter (27%) say they heard a lot last week about CBS correspondent Lara Logan being attacked while covering events in Egypt.
A third (34%) say they heard a little about this, while 40% say they heard nothing at all.
Women were more likely than men to say they heard a lot about this story (31% vs. 22%).
Another 42% say they heard a little about this, while 31% say they heard nothing at all.
Roughly three-quarters (74%) say it should be legal in all or most cases, while just 21% say it should be illegal.
A large majority of white mainline Protestants (67%) also say abortion should be legal.
By contrast, the religious “nones” – those who are religiously unaffiliated – overwhelmingly support legal abortion.
In contrast, 75% of gay and lesbian adults say the same.
Roughly half of those who are bisexual (54%) are out to some or only a few people.
About one-quarter of bisexual adults (26%) are not “out” to any of the important people in their lives, compared with 4% of gay and lesbian adults.
Bisexual adults are much less likely than gays and lesbians to be “out” to the important people in their lives, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of recently released survey data from Stanford University.
Only 19% of those who identify as bisexual say all or most of the important people in their lives are aware of their sexual orientation.
Roughly half of adults (49%) said gene editing would be less acceptable to them if the effects “changed the genetic makeup of the whole population,” versus just 17% who said it would be more acceptable.
Asked specifically about this possibility, Americans are more reluctant to embrace gene editing when it could affect future generations.
When asked about an alternate scenario in which the effects of gene editing are limited to a single person, more Americans said it would be more acceptable than less acceptable (34% to 23%).
In a survey conducted in fall 2018, more than four-in-five Lebanese adults (84%) said they use WhatsApp, the highest rate among 11 emerging economies included in the survey.
It is the most commonly used social network or messaging platform in Lebanon, beating out Facebook, Instagram and other platforms.
Ideological differences are less pronounced among Democrats.
Americans 50 and older are divided, with 47% saying the Supreme Court should base its rulings on what the Constitution currently means and 49% saying they favor an interpretation based on the document’s original meaning.
But moderate and liberal Republicans are more divided: 50% favor an interpretation based on the Constitution’s original meaning, compared with 46% who say the court should base its rulings on a current interpretation.
But among Americans younger than 50, 64% say the high court should base rulings on the Constitution’s current meaning, compared with 33% who say decisions should be based on the original meaning.
Liberal Democrats (88%) overwhelmingly say the Supreme Court should base its rulings on the Constitution’s meaning in current times, as do a majority (70%) of conservative and moderate Democrats.
About three-quarters of conservative Republicans (77%) continue to say the Supreme Court should base its rulings on the Constitution’s original meaning rather than its meaning in current times (21%).
Views on constitutional interpretation also vary by age, even within both partisan coalitions.
Currently, 85% of Democratic women think abortion should be legal in all or most cases, up 18 points from March.
By comparison, 71% of Democratic men say abortion should legal in at least most cases, little changed from March (75%).
For the most part, there have been only slight gender differences in Republican opinion about abortion over the past decade.
This is the highest level of support for legal abortion among Democratic women in the past two decades.
There are no similar divisions by gender among Republicans.
Currently, 36% of Republican men and 32% of Republican women think abortion should be legal in at least most cases.
This shift in Democratic support is especially pronounced among women.
Changes were much less dramatic for other hate-crime motives tracked by the government.
Hate crimes in which race and sexual orientation were cited showed a decline between 2004 and 2012, from 58% to 46%, while hate crimes motivated by a person’s disability remained about the same (11%).
The BJS noted that in many cases, victims reported more than one bias motivation for the same crime.
For example, nine-in-ten in Germany said the country should cooperate more with France.
In a Körber-Stiftung-sponsored survey fielded in Germany just before federal elections, people were asked whether Germany should cooperate more or less with various powers also included in Pew Research Center’s survey.
When the Center asked the same question of Americans in October, majorities in the U.S. also said their country should cooperate more with Great Britain, France, Germany and China.
But only 43% of people in the U.S. say their country should cooperate more with Russia, while 44% would cooperate less with the Kremlin.
But only 56% of Germans wanted to cooperate more with the U.S., while about a third would cooperate less (34%).
This is in stark contrast to opinion in Germany, where 78% want to cooperate more with Moscow.
Majorities said their country should cooperate more with each of these powers, but there were large variations in the strength of the responses.
Increased cooperation with other countries is generally supported in both nations.