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    Hispanic Partisan Split

    Some 57% of Hispanic registered voters now say they are Democrats or lean Democratic while just 23% align with the Republican Party — a 34-percentage-point gap in partisan affiliation.

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    No Campaign Fatigue in Iowa

    “Despite the long-running and intense political contests for their attention, seven-in-ten likely voters in Iowa’s caucuses say they still find the campaign interesting, compared with 57% of likely voters in New Hampshire, 48% in South Carolina and 45% nationally.
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    New Year, New Laws

    As partygoers count down the seconds toward New Year’s Day, not everyone will be celebrating. At least 31 states will start to enforce new laws, and some of them can seem pretty tough, ranging from where you can smoke in Illinois to how much it costs to enter a strip club in Texas.

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    View from Pakistan

    Prior to the Bhutto Assassination, Public Opinion Was Increasingly Opposed to Terrorism

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    Speaking in Tongues

    That the number of pentecostals in the U.S. who say they speak or pray in tongues weekly or more frequently. About half (51%) say that the services they attend frequently include people speaking in tongues, prophesying or manifesting other signs of the Spirit.

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    Pakistanis Say Suicide Bombings Justified

    A few months before the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, only 9% of Pakistanis said that suicide attacks and other forms of violence against civilians are often or sometimes justified, a sharp decline from the 41% who expressed this view in 2004.

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    Greetings from Your Governor!

    Stateline has collected this year’s set of gubernatorial holiday greetings including a cowboy poem, original artwork, lots of family photos, several pets and even a few mentions of a Merry Christmas.

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    Have you googled yourself today?

    The practice of “googling” someone is becoming more widespread in today’s search engine-driven world.

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    Talk Hosts Pounce as Clinton Appears to Stumble

    All year long, Hillary Clinton has dominated the campaign conversation on the talk airwaves. And last week, signs that the Democratic battle for president might be tightening had many hosts talking up the idea of a Clinton swoon. Plus, Michael Savage on steroids. (Talking about them, not taking them.)

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    Holiday Data

    Full data sets for our Parents-Teens and Digital Footprints surveys are now posted and available for download.