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    Candidate to President

    The most frequently used one-word descriptor of President Obama is intelligent.

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    St. Patrick’s Day Drinking?

    St. Patrick's DayAs many head to the bars for St. Patrick’s Day, not everyone will be celebrating; more than six-in-ten Americans think drinking alcohol excessively is morally wrong.

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    Rich-Poor Gap

    A 28-point divide separates Democrats and Republicans on the question of losing ground with respect to the gap between rich and poor.

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    Capitol Beat

    Since the 1980s, the number of U.S. wire services and newspapers covering Congress has fallen by 72%.

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    Immigration Enforcement

    In 2007, Latinos accounted for 40% of all sentenced federal offenders — triple their share of the U.S. population.

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    Obama’s Hispanic Outreach

    Among Hispanics contacted by a campaign in 2008, 59% were contacted by the Obama campaign.

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    An Inconvenient Truth

    The percentage of Americans calling environmental protection a top priority this year declined by 15 percentage points from last January.

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    Staying Put

    Most adults (57%) have not lived outside their current home state in the U.S.

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