Google’s Android operating system is currently the best perceived brand by the LGBT community in the US on a top 20 list that contains four Apple-related brands and several other tech and social media ones. As a matter of fact, this year’s list looks quite different from last year’s ranking, ...
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(Week of 6/16/2012) The Euro crisis has penetrated the American consciousness. Nearly eight in ten in the latest Economist/YouGov Poll are aware of it; more than two-thirds say the Greek economy is weak and most think the Spanish economy is as well. Germany, on the other hand, is seen as ...
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(Week of 6/16/2012) The Obama Administration’s decision that the federal government will stop deporting illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children as long as they have no criminal history and have graduated from high school or served in the military meets with support from nearly half the public ...
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With the Supreme Court set to decide whether or not the misnamed Affordable Health Care Act is constitutional, here's what went wrong with its passage. I've never understood why this country always felt that being on the short list of nations without socialized medicine was a bad thing. History has ...
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(Week of 6/9/2012) While the societal sources of support for Obama and Romney are complex, they can be summarized as the product of the relationship between three major demographic factors — race, gender, and education. We begin with what continues to be by far the largest racial group within the ...
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(Week of 6/9/2012) After an initially erratic period during his first year in office, public opinion about President Obama quickly settled into a relatively stable position. As can be seen in the chart below, weekly approval measures for the president have not deviated too much in the last few years. ...
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(Week of 6/9/2012) While the Romney campaign would like nothing more than to make President Obama and his record the entire focus of the presidential race, the Obama campaign will surely make every effort to shift the focus of the race to Romney himself. Pooled results from the last four ...
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(Week of 6/9/2012) The country now has divided control in its national government: President Obama is a Democrat, and Republicans control the House of Representative and can block most legislation in the Senate. But the latest Economist/YouGov Poll indicates that most Americans don’t necessarily want it that way. Instead, most believe ...
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Coinciding with ads urging soccer star David Beckham to take off his shirt, women’s perception of Burger King has heated up over the past three weeks in the US, while the earlier Steven Tyler spots have had a similar effect on men. As a matter of fact, women have had ...
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(Week of 6/9/2012) As the Supreme Court nears the release of its decision on the Obama Administration’s health care reform law, Americans overwhelmingly doubt the Court will keep the law intact. Only 10% of those in the latest Economist/YouGov Poll say the law will survive without changes, while more than half ...
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