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2006 Commentaries

December 20, 2006
What Was -- and Wasn't on the Public's Mind
...And How Opinions Changed During 2006
by Jodie T. Allen and Carroll Doherty

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December 6, 2006
Civil War: What's in a Name?
To Most of the American Public, the Question May Be Largely Semantic
by Scott Keeter

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November 16, 2006
Election '06: Big Changes in Some Key Groups
by Scott Keeter

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November 14, 2006
The Real Message of the Midterms
by Andrew Kohut

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November 8, 2006
Centrists Deliver for Democrats
In an election that proved to be a referendum on Bush and Iraq, political independents cast the deciding votes

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November 6, 2006
Public Concern About the Vote Count and Uncertainty About Electronic Voting Machines
by Andrew Kohut

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November 6, 2006
Democrats and Republicans See Different Realities
Profiling the Voters

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November 1, 2006
Karl Rove's Ground War Challenge
by Andrew Kohut

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October 26, 2006
Can Safe Seats Save the Republicans?
by Andrew Kohut

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October 26, 2006
Cell-Only Voters Not Very Different
Fewer Registered, More First-time Voters
by Scott Keeter

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October 18, 2006
Evangelicals and the GOP: An Update
Strongly Republican Group Not Immune to Party's Troubles
by Scott Keeter

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October 11, 2006
Growing Number of Liberal Democrats

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September 27, 2006
Blue States Get Even More Democratic
Party ID: Red States Still Red, Swing States Deadlocked

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September 22, 2006
Bush's September Gains: A Mixed Picture
Little Boost for GOP in Generic Ballot
by Andrew Kohut

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August 30, 2006
Democrats Face Ideological Split Over Wal-Mart
Attacks on Company May Turn On Liberals, Turn Off Moderates

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June 6, 2006
Two Americas, One American
The differences that divide us are much smaller than those that set us apart from the rest of the world
by Andrew Kohut and Bruce Stokes

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May 30, 2006
Politics and the "DotNet" Generation
They may be more involved than you think -- and in ways that could change America's politics
by Scott Keeter

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May 16, 2006
The Iraq-Vietnam Difference
This time, the opposition runs strongly along party lines.
by Michael Dimock

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May 9, 2006
Attitudes Toward Immigration in Red and Blue
In Democratic-dominated counties, foreign-born residents are more populous - and more welcome
by Carroll Doherty

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May 9, 2006
The Problem of American Exceptionalism
Our values and attitudes may be misunderstood, but they have consequences on the world scene
by Andrew Kohut and Bruce Stokes

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May 2, 2006
Will White Evangelicals Desert the GOP?
So Far, This Most Republican of Groups is Staying Loyal
by Scott Keeter

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April 26, 2006
Attitudes Toward Immigration: In Black and White
by Carroll Doherty

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April 19, 2006
Maximum Support for Raising the Minimum
Most Americans Now Live in States That Have Raised the Wage Floor
by Michael Dimock

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April 11, 2006
In Search of Ideologues in America
It's Harder than You May Think
by Scott Keeter, Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, and Gregory A. Smith, Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life

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March 28, 2006
Pinched Pocketbooks
Do Average Americans Spot Something that Most Economists Miss?
by Jodie T. Allen and Andrew Kohut

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March 22, 2006
Can't Get No Satisfaction
Public's Current Gloom Is Out of Sync with Past Experience
by Michael Dimock and Jodie T. Allen

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March 14, 2006
Do Deficits Matter Anymore? Apparently Not to the Public
by Carroll Doherty

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March 7, 2006
Independents Sour on Incumbents
Many Say Their Member Has Taken Bribes
by Michael Dimock

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February 28, 2006
Both Reds and Blues Go Green on Energy
But Parties Split Internally on Environmental Protections
by Michael Dimock

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February 21, 2006
Youth and War
From Vietnam to Iraq, Generations Disagree About the Use of Military Force
by Nicole Speulda

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February 13, 2006
Midterm Match-Up: Partisan Tide vs. Safe Seats
by Andrew Kohut

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February 3, 2006
Bush's Concern Over Isolationism Reflects More Than Just Rhetoric
Public Unenthused By Democracy Push
by Andrew Kohut

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