2009 Commentary

Obama’s 2010 Challenge: Wake Up Liberals, Calm Down Independents

by Andrew Kohut, President, Pew Research Center

Where the Public Stands on Immigration Reform

by Scott Keeter, Director of Survey Research, Pew Research Center

Public Divided Over Afghan Troop Requests, But Still Sees Rationale for War

Partisanship and Cable News Audiences

Searching For Clues in the Global Warming Puzzle

But What Do the Polls Show?

How public opinion surveys came to play a major role in policymaking and politics
by Andrew Kohut, President, Pew Research Center

Obama’s Nobel Prize

Strong Support For Watchdog Role, Despite Public Criticism Of News Media

Obama’s Approval Ratings Slide: By the Numbers

Would Americans Welcome Medicare if it Were Being Proposed in 2009?

by Andrew Kohut, President, Pew Research Center

Public Supports Targeting Al Qaeda Leaders, Wants Congress in the Loop

The Republican Party’s Dilemma

by Andrew Kohut, President, Pew Research Center
Special to the New York Times

Few See U.S. Health Care as ‘Best in the World’

“One Small Step” No Longer Seen as Such a Giant Leap for America

Accurately Locating Where Wireless Respondents Live Requires More Than A Phone Number

The mobile nature of wireless phones creates a significant problem for geographic sampling and analysis. This problem is exacerbated by the fact that the wireless-only are more geographically mobile than those with landline phones.

Perils of Polling in Election ’08

Despite such challenges as a growing wireless-only population, possible racially-related response bias and greater-than-usual difficulties in forecasting turnout, pollsters' methods were evidently adequate to the task.

Pollwatch: Comparing the Polls on Spending and the Deficit

How the question is phrased has a clear impact on whether the public rates deficit reduction or stimulus spending more important.

Gen Next Squeezed By Recession, But Most See Better Times Ahead

Young Are More Liberal in Views of Gov’t, Traditional Values

Public Backs Affirmative Action, But Not Minority Preferences

Top of the Mind Impressions of Obama

The New President ... In a Word

GOP Party Identification Slips Nationwide and in Pennsylvania

No Indication of Further Democratic Gains

Will Obama Ride Reagan’s Ratings Roller Coaster?

by Andrew Kohut, President, Pew Research Center
Special to the New York Times

Partisan Gap in Obama Job Approval Widest in Modern Era

No Decline in Belief That Obama is a Muslim

Nearly One-in-Five White Evangelicals Think So

Obama Unlikely to Find a Quick Fix for U.S. Global Image

by Andrew Kohut, President, Pew Research Center

Unusually Wide Gap in ‘Satisfaction,’ ‘Right Direction’ Measures

Newspapers Face a Challenging Calculus

Online Growth, but Print Losses are Bigger

One-In-Five Homeowners Feels “Underwater” On Mortgages

On Darwin’s 200th Birthday, Americans Still Divided About Evolution

by Scott Keeter, Director of Survey Research, Pew Research Center, and Juliana Horowitz, Research Associate, Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

Limbaugh Holds onto his Niche — Conservative Men

Dems’ Favorability Advantage Widens

Views of Congress Negative, More Polarized

Ideological Gaps Over Israel on Both Sides of Atlantic

Who Expects To Gain — And Lose — Under Obama