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Overview As Barack Obama prepares to take office, majorities say the country is losing ground on any number of key issues, particularly economic ones. Nearly eight-in-ten (79%) say the country is falling further behind on the federal budget deficit, far more than said that during the mid-1990s when the deficit was a top-tier policy issue. […]
The economic crisis showed few signs of easing, a scandal-plagued governor tried to anoint a Senator, and the incoming President moved to Washington. But last week, the guns of the Middle East dominated the news agenda.
Millennials are nearly unanimous in their support for interracial dating.
More than eight-in-ten people in Mississippi say religion is very important in their lives.
Only 22% of Alaskans say they attend religious services at least once a week.
Fully 63% of the public thinks reality television shows have been a change for the worse over the past decade.