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That’s the number of American adults who say they have received a definite answer to a specific prayer request. About one-in-four say they have received a direct revelation from God.

That’s the percentage of registered voters who expressed concern about whether their ballots would be tallied properly in Tuesday’s election.

That’s the percentage of registered voters who say the issue of which party controls Congress will be a factor in their vote when they go to the polls Tuesday. That’s much higher than in recent midterm elections. More Democrats than Republicans say party control matters (73% vs. 65%). But party control is a bigger factor for Republicans than it was just a few weeks ago (65% vs. 58% in early October).

That’s the number of Americans who favor allowing gay and lesbian couples to enter into legal agreements giving them many of the same rights as married couples — a figure that is nine percentage points higher than it was in October 2003. But only 35% favor legalizing gay marriages.

That’s the percent of Democratic voters who think of themselves as “liberals.”

That’s the number of Americans surveyed by The Pew Global Attitudes project in May 2003 who said they regarded U.S. policies in the Middle East as fair. In the poll, which covered 21 countries, pluralities or majorities in every other country — including Israel — believed that the United States favors Israel over the Palestinians too much. Nearly half (47%) of Israelis said that U.S. policy favors Israel too much.

That’s the number of percentage points that President Bush’s approval rating jumped in the Gallup poll after Saddam Hussein was captured on December 13, 2003.

That’s the proportion of the French public who — in the context of the riots that swept France this year — express sympathy toward the youths from immigrant and working class suburbs who felt frustrated by their place in French society.