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    Republican Candidates Stir Little Enthusiasm

    Overview The emerging Republican presidential field draws tepid ratings. Just a quarter of voters (25%) have an excellent or good impression of the possible GOP candidates, and a separate survey conducted jointly with The Washington Post finds that negative descriptions of the field far outnumber positive ones. Asked for a single word to describe the […]

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    Crime and Punishment Lead on Blogs

    A Supreme Court decision forcing California to release thousands of prisoners due to overcrowding received harsh criticism from bloggers last week, while others weighed in on the arrest of a suspect in a brutal baseball game beating. On YouTube, an interview with Jon Stewart on The O’Reilly Factor garnered the most attention.

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    Casual News Readers Online

    Across the top 25 news websites, three-quarters of all visitors will visit that site only once or twice per month on average.

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    Homosexuality Should Be Accepted by Society

    While gay marriage remains a divisive issue, a 58%-majority of Americans say homosexuality should be accepted, rather than discouraged, by society.

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    College is Not Affordable

    Three-quarters of the public say most people cannot afford to pay for a college education.

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    Purpose of College Education

    Americans are split on the main purpose of college, with 47% saying it is to teach work-related skills and 39% saying it is to help a student grow personally and intellectually.

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    The Burden of Student Debt

    Among adults who took out loans to help pay for college, nearly half say paying back those loans makes it harder for them to pay their other bills.

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    Is College Worth It In 2011?

    A majority of Americans (57%) say the higher education system in the United States fails to provide students with good value for the money they and their families spend.

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    Why Are Gas Prices Rising?

    Three-in-ten say greed and a push for higher profits among oil companies are the main reason gasoline prices have gone up recently.