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    States in Which Hispanics Key to Clinton Victory

    In this year’s primary elections in three states — California, Texas and New Mexico — Latino voters more than accounted for Sen. Hillary Clinton’s total margin of victory.

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    Mixed Signals on Energy Policy

    The public remains conflicted in its approach toward energy and the environment, but 55% favor more conservation and regulation compared with 35% who support expanded exploration. Fully 90% favor tighter auto fuel standards.

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    Values Gap in Black Community

    By a ratio of two-to-one, (61%-31%) African Americans say that the values of poor and middle class blacks have grown more dissimilar over the past decade.

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    Your Information Online? No Problem

    Fully six-in-ten online adults are not worried about how much of their personal information is available on the internet.

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    Partisan Gap Over Progress in Iraq

    A huge partisan gap divides Americans on the question of whether the U.S. is making progress in defeating the insurgency in Iraq with 80% of Republicans saying that it is, but only 36% of Democrats agreeing.

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    How Super Delegates Should Vote

    By roughly two-to-one (63% to 32%), more Democratic voters say the super delegates — primarily current and former elected officials and members of the Democratic National Committee — should vote for the candidate who was won the most support in caucuses and primaries.

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    Tracking the Race Factor

    This week’s primaries show that, results in Wisconsin aside, pre-primary polls may either over- or underestimate support for Obama depending on state racial demographics.

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    Getting to Know Them

    If they turn out to be their party’s nominees, both Barack Obama and John McCain need to educate voters about themselves in some pretty basic, and challenging, ways.

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