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    Need that Computer and Cellphone

    Computers are deemed a necessity by just half (51%) of the adult public, and cell phones by 49%. But both of these products are making a swift climb up the necessity scale.

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    The Simple Life

    Fully a third of people living in rural areas see five or fewer widely held consumer products as necessities rather than luxuries.

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    Heaven: Not a Gated Community

    Most Americans who claim a religious affiliation think many religions, not just their own religion, can lead to eternal life.

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    Gain to Believe In

    Roughly half of Americans say people like themselves would gain influence under the Obama administration.

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    Who Expects To Gain — And Lose — Under Obama

    More Americans say that people like themselves will gain influence under the Obama administration than was the case for the last two incoming presidents. Many who did not vote for Obama say this as well — including pluralities of all whites and white evangelical Christians.

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    Fewer See a Partisan Divide

    Fewer than half (46%) among the American public now see the country as more politically divided than in the past, down 20 points from January 2007.

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