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Fully eight-in-ten adults younger than age 30 favor legalizing marijuana for medical use.

A substantial majority of Democrats say that it is the government’s responsibility “to take care of people who can’t take care of themselves” while less than half of Republicans take that view.

Americans ages 65 and older are the most worried about government involvement in health care.

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.

Just under half (48%) of the public says spending billions of dollars to help keep financial institutions secure is the right thing to do; 40% say it is wrong.

Most Americans (59%) say they would place a higher priority on spending more money to make health care more accessible and affordable than on reducing the budget deficit.

While 65% of Democrats rate universal health insurance a top priority, only 27% of Republicans agree — the largest partisan difference recorded for any issue in a recent Pew poll.