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Scott PowersMay 6, 2016

A new comprehensive study on American views on foreign affairs finds to no surprise that Republicans are from Mars and Democrats from Venus, but also finds Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump‘s supporters more isolationist than anyone. The survey, released Thursday by the Pew Research Center, finds that Democrats consider the nation’s biggest global fears to be climate […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 29, 2016

The Republican Party may have an image problem. According to a report by the Pew Research Center, 62 percent of Americans have an unfavorable view of the Republican Party. That’s up since October, when 58 percent of people said they had an unfavorable view of the GOP. The survey found 33 percent of the public […]

Guest AuthorMarch 31, 2016

The late singer Ted Lewis in top hat, cane and tuxedo would look straight at the audience and ask, “Is everybody happy?” He would go on to sing, “Me and My Shadow” or any number of songs in his repertoire. The audience laughed then, but there would be little amusement today. Very few are happy. […]

Scott PowersMarch 31, 2016

Huge immigration over the past 40 years have made Hispanics America’s largest minority group but the next wave is Asian immigrants, and they will overtake Hispanic immigration in coming decades, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center. What’s more, millennials might already be the nation’s largest generation, surpassing baby boomers. Women breadwinners continue […]

Marc YachtMarch 30, 2016

The late singer Ted Lewis in top hat, cane and tuxedo would look straight at the audience and ask, “Is everybody happy?” He would go on to sing, “Me and My Shadow” or any number of songs in his repertoire. The audience laughed then, but there would be little amusement today. Very few are happy. […]

Scott PowersFebruary 22, 2016

A new survey by the Pew Research Center finds a majority of Americans want the U.S. Senate to hold confirmation hearings this year on a Supreme Court appointee to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia. Overall, 56 percent of those polled said they would support Senate hearings this year, while 38 percent preferred the course […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 29, 2016

Democrats are more likely to watch the debate of the opposing party than Republicans, according to a report by the Pew Research Center. The report found that Democratic debate watchers have tuned into the Republican debates in large numbers, something that’s much less common for Republicans. The Pew Research Center found that 49 percent of […]

Scott PowersJanuary 20, 2016

Florida is the battleground state — with both a presidential and U.S. Senate elections — where the rising number of Hispanic voters could make the most difference nationally, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center. The dramatic increase of Hispanic voters nationwide likely will have a tempered effect on the 2016 elections in most states and […]

Mitch PerryDecember 15, 2015

As both major political parties hold their last presidential debates this week (the GOP’s showdown is Tuesday in Las Vegas; the Democrats will engage this Saturday night in New Hampshire), a new national survey by the Pew Research Center shows that 74 percent of the American public say that they have given a lot of or […]

Associated PressDecember 6, 2015

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Prayers said and the closing hymn sung, tea-drinking churchgoers fill Marble City Grill for Sunday lunch. But hard on their heels comes the afternoon crowd: craft beer-drinking, NFL-watching football fans. Such a scene would have been impossible just months ago because Sunday alcohol sales were long illegal in Sylacauga, hometown of both the actor who […]

Tag: Pew research Center

Pew Research: Republicans, Democrats have starkly different foreign affairs priorities

Poll: Americans have an unfavorable view of the GOP

Marc Yacht: The voters are angry and unhappy

Pew Research: Here come Asian immigrants, millennials, unaffiliated voters

Marc Yacht: The voters are angry and unhappy

Pew Research Center survey says majority want Senate hearings on Supreme Court nominee

Pew Research Center finds Republican debates tempt many Democrats to tune in

Pew study: Florida most likely to be affected by growth in Hispanic voter numbers

Pew study shows that debates have made politics far more interesting for Americans this year

Influence of churches, once dominant, now waning in South