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Most Voters Disagree With Obama on Affirmative Action, Workers' Rights, and Self-Defense - Aug 22, 2008 - 2:00:20 PM

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More Americans Question Religion's Role in Politics - Aug 22, 2008 - 1:42:38 PM

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Young Voters Go Democratic - Feb 25, 2008 - 1:11:48 PM
A Rock the Vote poll reveals young voters are energized and engaged in the 2008 elections like never before...

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Comparison Shopping for President Online - Feb 22, 2008 - 12:47:05 PM
This survey showed that a candidate's site's effectiveness has a significant effect on voters' overall view of a candidate...

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Obama Has the Most "Celebrity" Appeal - Feb 22, 2008 - 12:33:50 PM
U.S. consumers rate Barack Obama as more appealing, trustworthy, and influential than other presidential candidates...

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Over Two-Thirds of Americans Believe Country Is on Wrong Track While Half Believe Same About Their State - Feb 19, 2008 - 11:03:35 AM
The closer to home one gets, the more likely people are to think things are going pretty well...

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"Conservative" in in the Eye of the Beholder - Feb 14, 2008 - 10:04:25 AM
While Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and other conservative pundits are quick to point out that John McCain is anything but a true conservative, the rest of the country may not be so sure...

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Reagan Best, Bush Worst President in Poll - Feb 13, 2008 - 1:55:49 PM
When shown a list of all U.S. presidents since and including Franklin D. Roosevelt and asked to pick the best, more people (25%) pick Ronald Reagan than any other president...

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Low-Income Americans May Not Be Getting Equal Opportunity To Vote - Feb 12, 2008 - 11:20:52 AM
As the nation prepares for the 2008 election, a new study reveals that many states are routinely failing to offer low-income Americans an opportunity to register to vote...

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Which Presidential Candidate Would You Take On Vacation? - Feb 8, 2008 - 10:26:56 AM
Taking a slightly different angle on the political “popular vote, ” lastminute.com put candidates to the ultimate test by seeing how they rate as travel companions...

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Keep the Government Out of Mortgages Says Survey - Jan 23, 2008 - 11:25:03 AM
Just over half say that the government should not intervene to make sure people who took out risky loans can pay their mortgages...

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Middle East Countries--Friends or Foes? - Jan 10, 2008 - 6:02:53 PM
The countries of the Middle East and those surrounding them may not be friends of the United States. But are they viewed as enemies?  Yes and no...

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Voters Not Excited About Electing a Mormon - Jan 2, 2008 - 3:28:10 PM
In an effort to understand whether voters would consider electing a Mormon, Harris Interactive ^® asked two similar questions of two different samples of U.S. adults in March 2007; one question focused on whether they would vote for an “equally qualified ” Presbyterian versus a Baptist, the other a Presbyterian versus a Mormon...

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Pizza Hut Picks Iowa Political Winners - Jan 2, 2008 - 2:52:02 PM
Hillary and Huckabee top the Pizza Hut Pizza Political Poll...

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Al Gore Beats Oprah - Jan 2, 2008 - 2:44:57 PM
Most Americans say they ’re gender-blind when it comes to voting in the 2008 presidential election...but 20 percent say Al Gore ’s backing would affect their vote while 12 percent say their opinon could be swayed by Oprah Winfrey...

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Clinton and Giuliani Top List of Those People Say Would Never Get Their Vote - Dec 20, 2007 - 2:19:04 PM
What the polls say about candidates now.  Also: strong majorities of voters believe that it is tough for middle class people to make ends meet while also being optimistic about where their economic situation will be five years from now...

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Health Care and Economics More Important to Voters than War - Dec 20, 2007 - 1:58:14 PM
In this survey, Harris Interactive wanted to get a sense of the relative importance of the 12 issues on which they evaluated the candidates...and Hillary Clinton came out ahead...

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Should We Test Immigrants? - Dec 19, 2007 - 2:31:47 PM
Very large majorities of the public in the US, Germany, Britain, and majorities in France and Italy think that “new immigrants should be required to take a citizenship and language test in order to remain ” in their countries...

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More Americans Believe Surge is Working and Situation for Troops in Iraq has Stabilized - Dec 18, 2007 - 3:10:36 PM
As 2007 draws to a close, the Bush administration ’s main Iraq offensive, the surge of the sending of additional troops to Iraq earlier this year, is not getting the bad marks from the American public that it once did...

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86% of MySpace Users 18+ Likely to Vote - Dec 13, 2007 - 4:02:05 PM
MySpace users may swing the 2008 Presidential Election...

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China or US as Dominant World Power by 2020? - Nov 21, 2007 - 10:38:09 AM
Countries that could be describe as friends of the US, think we will still be the major power but others in Europe think China will hold sway...

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Polls Are Less Reliable Than We Think - Nov 13, 2007 - 9:57:19 AM
Many media and pollsters, when releasing new poll results, include statements such as “the margin of error for this survey is +/- 3 percent and a new poll shows that most people don't understand that statement...

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The Harris Poll’s 'Alienation Index' Rises Slightly to Highest Level in Presidency of George W. Bush - Nov 9, 2007 - 9:01:01 AM
This poll looks at five questions asked at the same time in each presidency since 1966...

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2008 Voter is Tech-Savy - Nov 9, 2007 - 8:53:58 AM
Technology and the Internet are poised to have a major impact on the 2008 vote.  This Yahoo! study explores possibilities...

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Nordic Nations Offer Taxing Lessons - Nov 6, 2007 - 9:38:39 AM
The wealth of Nordic nations is due to their history of free market policies -- not their generous welfare state...