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- 21 percent of Republicans and 52 percent of Democrats say increased acceptance of gays and lesbians is a “change for the better.”

- 57 percent of Republicans and 66 percent of Democrats say increasing racial/ethnic diversity is change for the better.

- 40 percent of Republicans and 30 percent of Democrats say the increase in cable TV and talk shows is change for the better.

- 71 percent of Republicans and 66 percent of Democrats say the Internet has been a change for the better.

Source: A Pew Research Center survey of 1,504 adults conducted Dec. 9-13.

Blithe comments, churlish observations, executive summaries to jharper@washingtontimes.com.

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Jennifer Harper INSIDE THE BELTWAY

Jennifer Harper INSIDE THE BELTWAY

A graduate of Syracuse University, Jennifer Harper writes the daily Inside the Beltway column and provides additional coverage of breaking national news, plus long-term trends in politics, media issues, public opinion, popular culture, Hollywood foibles and “eureka” moments in health and science.

She has been a frequent broadcast commentator on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, C-SPAN, Voice of America, Citadel Broadcasting, ...

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