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    Questions and Methodology

    August 2006 Daily Tracking Survey Revised Final Topline, 10/05/06 Data for August 1 – 31, 2006 Princeton Survey Research Associates International for the Pew Internet & American Life Project Sample: n = 2,928 adults 18 and older Interviewing dates: 8.1.06 – 8.31.06 Margin of error is plus or minus 2 percentage points for results based […]

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    Broad Opposition to Bush’s Iraq Plan

    Summary of Findings President Bush’s plan to send roughly 21,000 additional troops to Iraq has drawn broad opposition from the American public. If anything, the plan has triggered increased partisan polarization on the debate over what to do in Iraq. While most Republicans support Bush’s initiative, Democrats overwhelmingly oppose it, and a solid majority of […]

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    Gulf States Get New Tax Break

    That’s the number of states that will begin receiving royalties from oil companies drilling off their coasts under legislation passed by Congress in its closing days. Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas stand to gain millions of dollars from the arrangement, which opens up 8 million more acres for new off-shore drilling.

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    Section III: Candidate Traits and the ’08 Campaign Military service, being a Christian, and political experience lead the list of traits that Americans find most appealing in a presidential candidate. But even more Americans say they would be less likely to vote for a candidate who is an atheist or a political newcomer, and nearly […]

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    Questions and Data

    August 2006 Daily Tracking Survey Final Topline, 10/05/06 Data for August 1 – 31, 2006 Princeton Survey Research Associates International for the Pew Internet & American Life Project Sample: n = 2,928 adults 18 and older Interviewing dates: 8.1.06 – 8.31.06 Margin of error is plus or minus 2 percentage points for results based on […]

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    States Step Ahead on Health Care Reform

    Massachusetts has accomplished the improbable: It got Democrats and Republicans to agree on how to provide nearly every resident with health insurance. And it did so without boosting taxes or pushing aside private health plans. Other states – from Vermont to California — are also trying to close the uninsured gap.

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    Questions and Methodology

    August 2006 Daily Tracking Survey Revised Final Topline, 10/05/06 Data for August 1 – 31, 2006 Princeton Survey Research Associates International for the Pew Internet & American Life Project  Sample: n = 2,928 adults 18 and olderInterviewing dates: 8.1.06 – 8.31.06 Margin of error is plus or minus 2 percentage points for results based on the […]

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    Democrats in Congress Top the Week’s News

    Nancy Pelosi's swearing in as the first female Speaker of the House turned the Congressional transfer of power into the top story of the inaugural edition of PEJ's weekly News Coverage Index. Gerald Ford's funeral, the policy debate in Iraq, and Saddam Hussein's hanging also were among the top stories in the American news media the first week of 2007.

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    Wal-Mart Nation

    That’s the number of Americans familiar with Wal-Mart, who have a favorable opinion of the company according to a Pew survey. That high rating didn’t keep the nation’s largest retailer from suffering a 0.1% drop in same-store sales over the bellwether Thanksgiving shopping weekend, news of which led the stock market downward on Monday.