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The Democratic Party's advantage in party identification has widened over the past two decades, but the share of Americans who describe their political views as liberal, conservative or moderate has remained stable during the same period, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press.

Winds of Political Change Haven’t Shifted Public's Ideology Balance

The Democratic Party's advantage in party identification has widened over the past two decades, but the share of Americans who describe their political views as liberal, conservative or moderate has remained stable during the same period, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press.

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A Guide to the Latest United Nations Negotiations on Climate Change

Representatives of 188 nations will meet in Poznan, Poland this December as part of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This meeting will mark the midpoint of their negotiations on a new treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol.More

 
 

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Do Americans Really Like Diverse Communities?

About six-in-ten Americans say they like the idea of living in politically, racially, religiously or economically mixed communities, while about a quarter take the opposite view: they would rather live in communities made up mostly of people like themselves, according to a new Pew Research Center national survey.


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Susan K. Urahn on States' Responses to the Fiscal Crisis

Our next featured expert will be Susan K. Urahn, Managing Director, Pew Center on the States, who will discuss states’ responses to the fiscal crisis.

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