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    Cell Phones and the 2008 Vote: An Update

    The latest Pew Research Center national survey, including a sample of 503 adults on a cell phone, finds that the overall estimate of voter presidential preference is modestly affected by whether or not the cell phone respondents are included.

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    Few Republicans Satisfied with State of the Nation

    Currently, just 29% of Republicans are satisfied with the state of the nation, an eleven-point drop in just two months, and half the proportion expressing satisfaction in January 2007

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    GOP Favors the Rich

    Nearly six-in-ten Americans say Republicans favor the rich.

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    Gen Dems

    Young voters identify much more with Democrats than Republicans.

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    Good Connections Beat Hard Work

    By a margin of 46-42, Americans say that the rich are rich mainly because they know the right people or are born into wealth rather than because of hard work, ambition or education.

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    Global Economic Gloom

    Majorities in 18 of 24 countries describe current economic conditions in their country as bad.

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