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    Say U.S. Lives Worth More Than Others’

    That’s the percentage of Americans who completely or mostly agree that American lives are worth more than the lives of people in other countries.

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    School Boards Should Be Able to Fire Homosexual Teachers

    That’s the portion of the adult U.S. population who now say that school boards should have the right to fire teachers known to be homosexual; 66% disagreed. In 1987 when this question was first asked, a 51%-majority agreed with the statement.

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    The Immigration Wedge

    That’s the proportion of Republicans who favor giving illegal immigrants the possibility of obtaining US citizenship; nearly as many within the party (46%) oppose such a move — an indication of the political difficulties that any compromise immigration plan will face on the road to enactment.

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    Turmoil Inside Iraq Leads the Week’s News

    It’s a rare week when the situation in Iraq attracts more coverage than the political debate over the war. But that’s what happened last week thanks to one dramatic story line. And when it comes to the 2008 Presidential race, the media are busy wondering whether 19 (the number of current candidates) are enough.

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    The internet and politics

    Statistics about the use of the internet for politics and e-government presented to the Personal Democracy Forum

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    Think Favorably of the U.S. Military

    That’s the percentage of Americans who express a favorable view of the U.S. armed forces despite the general unpopularity of the ongoing war in Iraq. This large vote of confidence stands in contrast to the relatively low esteem in which the military were held during the similarly unpopular Vietnam War.

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    The Internet and Politics 2007

    Statistics and insights from Pew Internet Research about the role of the internet in politics and e-government activities.

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    Rev. Falwell’s Moral Majority: Mission Accomplished?

    When the late Rev. Jerry Falwell disbanded the Moral Majority in 1989, he declared that “our mission is accomplished.” If Falwell meant that evangelical Christians had come to accept the idea that organized religion should play an activist role in the political process, his claim of success is well-supported by public opinion surveys.

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    Is There a Litmus Test for Talk Topics?

    The Fort Dix terror plot, the Attorney General’s Congressional appearance, French presidential elections, and the Iraq debate all seized top space in the universe of talk media last week. But what you heard, or whether you heard anything at all, depended on who was doing the talking.