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    Democrats and Unity Drive the Campaign Narrative

    Barack Obama’s efforts to heal the wounds of the primary battle and to reconcile with the Clintons were the major story lines in last week’s coverage of the Presidential campaign. And they’re a big reason why the Democratic nominee generated about twice as much coverage as did John McCain.

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    Intensely Patriotic Americans

    PatriotismThat’s the percentage of Americans who said in a 2007 poll that they completely agree with the statement “I am patriotic,” a decline from the near-record 56% who said so in August 2003.

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    Domestic Policy On Top

    Six-in-ten voters say the next president should focus on domestic policy.

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    GOP’s Moral Majority

    A majority of Republicans cite moral values and abortion as important election issues.

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    Bush’s Third Term?

    Voters split on whether McCain would continue Bush’s policies.

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    Probama

    Three-in-four Obama supporters say they are voting for him (75%), not against McCain.

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    Obama-Clinton Ticket?

    A narrow majority of Democrats (53%) favor an Obama-Clinton ticket.

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    Interest in Floods Increases, Still Lower than for ’93 Deluge

    Summary of Findings As the floods in the Midwest continued to devastate parts of that region, public interest in the story increased moderately last week, but still remained significantly lower than interest in the massive floods that struck the region in 1993. Roughly four-in-ten (39%) followed the floods in the Midwest very closely, up from […]