Poll Watch

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52% of America says Barack Obama has gotten fair treatment from the media while 57% say Hillary Clinton has been treated fairly.

Pew Research Center

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49% of Americans say marriage between same sex couples should be afforded full legal recognition.

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56% of Americans say marriage between same-sex couples should not be afforded full legal recognition.

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Just 16% of Americans say a political candidate "must share" their views on the issues in order to win their support.

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70% of Americans now consider divorce to be "morally acceptable," the highest percentage ever to hold that view. In 2001, only 59% considered divorce acceptable.

Gallup

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87% of black Americans and 56% of whites say they are concerned that somebody might try to harm Democrat presidential hopeful Barack Obama because he's seeking to be the first black president,

ABC news/The Washington Post

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40% of U.S. couples say they first discussed marriage in the back seat of a car.

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In 1997, 47% of Republicans and 46% of Democrats believed that the effects of global warming had "already begun to happen."

Gallup

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41% of Republicans hold the view that global warming has begun and 71% of Democrats hold that same view.

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Americans are not expecting any relief at the gas pump. Indeed, 86% say they expect gas prices, now averaging over $4.00 a gallon, to top at $5.00 a gallon sometime this year. One year ago, only 28% thought it possible that gas would hit that mark.


CNN/Opinion Research

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Most Americans favor changing federal regulations to permit oil drilling off the coast of California, Florida, and other states. 67% support oil explortation off the coasts while 15% oppose it and 15% are undecided. 64% think that if offshore drilling is allowed, gas prices will go down.

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Nearly half of all Americans say race relations in the country are in bad shape, and three in 10 acknowledge personal feelings of racial prejudice. While 60% of blacks say the election of Barack Obama would help race relations, only 38% of whites hold that view.


The Washington Post-ABC News

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Americans are not expecting any relief at the gas pump. Indeed, 86% say they expect gas prices, now averaging $4.04 a gallon, to top $5 a gallon sometime this year. One year ago, only 28% thought it possible that gas would hit that mark.

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73% of Americans agree with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the Second Amendment guarantees the right of individuals to own guns. Yet just 11% want gun laws to be less strict than they are now, while 49% want strickter gun laws.

Gallup

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Americans are more far more likely to have tired marijuana or cocaine than people in 16 other countries surveyed, including the Netherlands,France, and Colombia. 42% of Americans say they have tried marijuana at least once,while 16% have tried cocaine. In the Netherlands, which has far more lenient drug laws, only 20% had tried pot.

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People are more willing to talk about their sex lives than about finances. 81% said they are reluctant to talk about credit card debt with someone they recently met, compared with 78% who will not talk about intimate relationships and 58% who won't discuss health problems.


Roper Public Affairs

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Americans who live in the Western U.S. are less likely to believe in God than those living elsewhere.86% of Southeeners say they believe in God, compared to 83% in the Midwest, 80% in the ears, and 59% in the West.


Gallup

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By a 51% to 49% margin, Americas say China is a "military threat" to the U.S.


CNN/Opinion Research Corp.

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70% of Americans say China poses an "economic threat," while 30% say it does not.