...financial condition of those who make less money, a poll says. "The boom has passed these people by," said pollster Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. Americans increasingly see an economic divide between...

...starting to return to more predictable patterns. "The most striking change is the new relevance of the nation," said Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. "The public needs the federal government in a way...

...when the votes are counted. A major complication is to identify likely voters. "The polls did pretty well," said Andrew Kohut of the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, whose poll closed Monday to a 2-point Bush advantage within...

...surprise that the American people are worried about what they see as the decline in the moral character of the nation. Andrew Kohut, the Pew Research Center's estimable pollster, reported last week that three-fourths of those he interviewed in...

...basic arguments for and against the system. "The default position of the American public is: Protect us," said Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center, which prepared the survey for the Council on Foreign Relations. The public's...

...concept of faith-based funding, but they have lots of reservations that might undermine that general support," said Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center. The Bush administration proposal to expand government funding for religious...

...several key voter groups. ''You get the sense that Bush has repaired some of the damage from the campaign,'' said Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, although he noted that voter preferences are still...

...percent to 44 percent. "There hasn't been the transformation that the political scientists had hoped for," said Andrew Kohut, the center's director. "The modest increase comes from the ranks of those who are already interested in international...

...the Press. "There's a lot of shifting around, even though the overall horse race hasn't changed much," said Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center. "It reflects the unsettled nature of public opinion." The survey of 663 likely...

...early September. "As you get away from the conventions, you get a pretty good idea of how the race is going," said Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. The close relationship of September's polls to...