Publications

Obama Image Unscathed By Terrorism Controversy

Few See Personal Upside to Health Care Reform

Public Stays with Health Care, Media Focuses on Terror

Americans Still See Jobs News as Mostly Bad

Blacks Upbeat about Black Progress, Prospects

A Year After Obama's Election

Millennials’ Judgments About Recent Trends Not So Different

Top Stories of 2009: Economy, Obama and Health Care

More Now Think Health Reform Bill Will Pass

Health Care Debate Remains Top News Story

Current Decade Rates as Worst in 50 Years

Internet, Cell Phones Are Changes for the Better

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

by Andrew Kohut, President, Pew Research Center

Mixed Views of Obama at Year’s End

Unabated Economic Gloom, Divides on Afghanistan and Health Care

Public Closely Tracking Health Care Debate

Most Still Say Reform Issues Hard to Understand

News Interest In Afghanistan Surges

Tiger, But Not Salahis, Much Discussed Around Water Cooler

U.S. Seen as Less Important, China as More Powerful

Isolationist Sentiment Surges to Four-Decade High

GOP Seen as Friendlier to Religion than Democrats

Obama Seen as More Friendly than His Party

Strong Interest in Health Care, Little Interest in Palin

Surprise, Disagreement Over Mammogram Guidelines

Where the Public Stands on Immigration Reform

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

Health Care Reform News Tops Public Interest

Public Option Registers Widely

Abortion Plays Small Role in Health Reform Opposition

Though Most Oppose Public Funding

Modest Rise in Concern About Islamic Extremism

Post-Fort Hood

Faith-Based Programs Still Popular, Less Visible

Church-State Concerns Persist

Fort Hood Shootings Top Interest, Coverage

Unchanged Expectations About Health Care Reform Passage

A Year Out, Widespread Anti-Incumbent Sentiment

Obama's Afghanistan Rating Declines

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

Swine Flu Interest Outpaces Coverage

Partisanship and Cable News Audiences

Fox News Viewed as Most Ideological Network

Swine Flu Tops Weekly News Interest

Searching For Clues in the Global Warming Puzzle

Most Say They Lack Background to Follow Afghan News

Growing Number Expects Health Care Bill to Pass

Fewer Americans See Solid Evidence of Global Warming

Modest Support for

Growing Interest in Swine Flu, Many See Press Overstating its Danger

Fewer than Half Would Get Vaccine

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