From the latest Pew Research Center Report…

More than two-thirds of Americans (69%) said in May that they were following news about the high price of gasoline these days very closely, as high as in the months following Hurricane Katrina last fall. A recent survey by the Pew Center for the People & the Press found that the issue of immigration (44%) and the situation in Iraq (42%) also attracted close attention from a sizeable minority. Attention to news from Iraq has remained relatively steady for over a year now (dipping significantly below 40% only in the immediate wake of Hurricane Katrina). Just (16%) say they have been tracking news about ethnic violence in the Darfur region of Sudan very closely, while 33% say they have not followed this issue closely at all…