Independent Voters Swing to Obama

Staff / Truthdig Feb 14, 2012 The prolonged Republican primary campaign appears to be taking a toll on independent voters' faith in Mitt Romney. According to the latest Pew poll, only a minority of independents now describe Romney as "honest and trustworthy" and slightly more than half of independent voters now favor Barack Obama in a race against Romney, who led the president in that category only a month ago. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Uninspired GOP Electorate

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Feb 7, 2012 Judging by the polls, the better Republican voters come to know these candidates, including Romney, the less they like them. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Media’s Been Hardest on Candidate Obama, Study Shows

Staff / Truthdig Oct 17, 2011 Of all the presidential hopefuls who've thus far made their designs on the White House known to the masses, one in particular has been subjected to harsh coverage by the American media, according to the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism -- but this special treatment might have something to do with the fact that Barack Obama also happens to be the incumbent. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Study: To Win Votes, Motivate Your Base

Staff / Truthdig Jul 18, 2011 Numbers from a recent Pew Research Center study contradict the conventional thinking on independent voters Independents are not moderates who can be swayed to the right or left with appeals to moderation and centrism, but "disaffected political partisans" (more). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Atheists Know More About Religion Than the Pious

Staff / Truthdig Sep 28, 2010 Well, this is awkward. The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life undertook a study in which nonbelievers correctly answered more religious knowledge questions than the devout. Mormons and Jews also scored well and, like atheists, know more about Christianity than Christians. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

America’s Forgotten War

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig May 29, 2010 Perhaps President Barack Obama should be thankful for the bad news—the oil spill, intractable unemployment and the rest—for it has definitely diverted attention from his biggest disaster: the Afghanistan war. Perhaps President Barack Obama should be thankful for the bad news, for it has definitely diverted attention from his biggest disaster: the Afghanistan war. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

China Is Beating the Pants Off the U.S. in Clean Energy

Staff / Truthdig Mar 26, 2010 China invested nearly twice as much money -- $346 billion -- in clean energy projects in 2009 as the United States The ecological impact of China's economic boom could be a factor, but so could (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pew Report Says Americans Are News Grazers

Staff / Truthdig Mar 2, 2010 Americans are picking and choosing from an information smorgasbord to get their news, according to a report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project, and a large majority are switching between different platforms, with the Internet playing a significant role in their news "grazing." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

They Never Call, They Never Write, They Never Move Out

Staff / Truthdig Nov 25, 2009 Nests across America are getting less and less empty as adult children take shelter from a lousy economy According to Pew, 11 percent of adults now live with their parents and 10 percent of adults between 18 and 34 say the recession (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Some Americans Won’t Believe in Global Warming Until They’re Actually Melting

Staff / Truthdig Oct 23, 2009 In just three short years, Americans have gotten 20 points dumber. That's if you count a belief in the climate crisis, and the mounting science behind it, as a sign of brains. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Muslims a Fourth of World’s Population

Staff / Truthdig Oct 8, 2009 The internationality of Islam is emphasized by a new Pew Research study that found one in four people in the world to be Muslim. With 1.57 billion adherents, Islam ranks second only to 2.25 billion-strong Christianity. The study's findings counter the disparaging, stereotyping notions that many in the West have of "the Muslim World." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Missing: Democrats’ Passion

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Aug 21, 2009 Here's the least surprising news of the week: Americans are souring on the Democratic Party. The wonder is that it's taken so long for public opinion to curdle. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )