Just three days after reporting to jail for violating her probation on a reckless driving charge, Paris Hilton was “reassigned” to house arrest yesterday. Though court officials cited medical reasons for the switch, many condemned the move as favoritism. As the chart below shows, most Americans report little sympathy toward the young socialite. Six in ten expect her to continue to have serious personal problems. The most-cited reason for her troubles? 79 percent told Gallup interviewers that she has too much money at a young age.
Source: Gallup/USA Today, June 2007.
Spam-alot?
E-mail users say they are getting more spam than ever, both at home and at work. Of the 49 percent of e-mail users who have a work account, 29 percent (up from 18 percent three years ago) reported getting more spam, 8 percent reported getting less, and 55 percent said they get about the same amount. In general, users seem highly tolerant of the flood of junk: Just 18 percent of this group reported that spam was a big problem.
Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project, February-March, 2007.
*Note: Based on those with an office e-mail account.
As they have in years past, protestors greeted the world leaders gathered for the 33rd G-8 summit. But what do ordinary people think? The data below show how people in each of the G-8 countries view the United States, and how Americans in turn view those countries. In each case, we have a better opinion of them than they have of us. The difference in views with Europe is particularly lopsided.
Sources: Pew Global Attitudes Project 2006, and the Gallup Organization.
(All responses are from Pew except for Americans’ views of Russia and Italy, which were surveyed by the Gallup Organization in February 2007 and February 2003, respectively.)
Source: Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg, April 2007.
In 2007, roughly equal numbers of registered voters making $135,000 or more in Pew surveys called themselves Democrats and Republicans. In the same period in 1995, the comparable income group was lopsidedly Republican.
Source: Pew Research Center, March-April 2007.
