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    Limbaugh Listeners are NRA Supporters

    Fully 76% of Rush Limbaugh’s regular listeners say they support the NRA whereas only 13% of regular New York Times readers say the same.

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    The Marrying — and Divorcing — Kind

    Compared with most other western nations, the U.S. has one of the highest marriage rates as well as one of the highest divorce rates.

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    Colbert Fans Prefer News without Views

    More than seven-in-ten regular “Colbert Report” watchers say they prefer news delivered by sources with no apparent point of view.

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    A Portrait of Stepfamilies

    Today, more than four-in-ten American adults have at least one step relative in their family – either a stepparent, a step or half sibling or a stepchild.

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    Section 1: Views of Obama

    The past year has seen a series of momentous political events – rising unemployment, passage of controversial health care legislation, a sweeping defeat for Democrats in the midterm elections and a historically active lame-duck session of Congress. But the public’s impression of Barack Obama has remained remarkably steady. At the start of 2010, 49% of […]

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    Section 2: Views of the New Congress

    As Congress begins with a new Republican majority in the House of Representatives, about a third (34%) of Americans approve of GOP congressional leaders’ policies and plans for the future; 43% disapprove. Public approval of Republican plans has declined by seven points since the party won back the House in November’s election; two months ago […]