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01.04.08

The Public’s Not-So-Happy New Year

More Dems Look Forward to Elections

12.19.07

What Was — and Wasn’t — On the Public’s Mind in 2007

by Andrew Kohut, President, Pew Research Center and Carroll Doherty, Associate Director, Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

12.20.06

What Was — and Wasn’t on the Public’s Mind

...And How Opinions Changed During 2006
by Jodie T. Allen and Carroll Doherty

12.27.05

What Was – and Wasn’t on the Public’s Mind…

And How Opinions Changed During 2005

12.20.04

Public Opinion Little Changed by Presidential Election

Familiar Divides, Post-Election Disengagement

12.23.03

Iraq News Draws Most Public Attention in 2003

2003 Year End News Interest Index

12.20.02

Sniper Attacks Draw Most Public Interest in 2002

12.18.01

Terrorism Transforms News Interest

Worries Over New Attacks Decline

12.25.00

Rising Price of Gas Draws Most Public Interest in 2000

12.28.99

Columbine Shooting Biggest News Draw of 1999

12.22.97

High Personal Contentment, Low News Interest

Top 10 Stories of the Year

05.17.97

Ten Years of the Pew News Interest Index

12.28.95

Younger Americans and Women Less Informed: One In Four Americans Follow National News Closely

Times Mirror News Interest Index: 1989 – 1995

12.27.90

Year End Summary

The Public Looked Abroad for News in 1990