We asked Republicans who had favorable and unfavorable impressions of Mitt Romney and New Gingrich to tell us in their own words why they had a favorable or unfavorable view of each candidate.
Earlier this week, rumors began to leak out that a number of advertisers, under pressure from a Christian group called the Florida Family Association (FFA), had pulled their advertising from TLC’s n…
Spotlight Analysis
Politics & Elections
12.15.2011
Who’s Afraid of Big Government?
According to a new poll by Gallup, Americans’ fears about big government’s threat to the country’s wellbeing are at near-record highs, outstripping the potential harm posed by big business or bi…
Survey Report
Politics & Elections
12.15.2011
Gingrich and Romney Tied in Favorability Among Evangelical Voters
A PRRI survey finds white evangelical voters twice as likely to strongly favor G.O.P. hopeful Newt Gingrich as they are to favor Mitt Romney.
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Religion & Culture
12.09.2011
Why Do Some Atheists Go to Church?
There’s no question that atheists are not the most popular group, at least in the United States. Not only do two-thirds of Americans say that they’d be uncomfortable with an atheist president (wit…
Spotlight Analysis
Politics & Elections
12.06.2011
Seniors’ Support For Gingrich Sets Up Generational Divide
Republican voters seem to have found a new favorite (and it’s not Mitt Romney). Newt Gingrich is now outpacing Romney in some measures of electability, and pundits are predicting that his chance…
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Economy
12.01.2011
Will Occupy Wall Street Make a Difference in 2012?
A few weeks ago, Jesse Jackson paid a visit to a small meeting of some of the Occupy Wall Street movement’s principal organizers – and, to their surprise, he began to talk about Lyndon Baines John…
Roughly one-quarter (23%) of Americans say they identify with the values of the Tea Party movement. An equal number (23%) say that the Occupy Wall Street movement shares their values. Few Americans (6…
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Politics & Elections
11.29.2011
Can Newt Gingrich Pick Up Support Among White Evangelicals?
As Herman Cain, once the darling of a sizeable segment of the Republican primary electorate, crashes and burns under continuing revelations of sexual harassment and marital infidelity, another unlikel…
Spotlight Analysis
Economy
11.28.2011
Where Does Occupy Wall Street Go From Here?
Late last week, Occupy Wall Street protesters across the country marched through cities and clashed with police as part of a “Day of Action.”  New York protesters even brought the infamous drum c…
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