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    The Right to Assisted Suicide?: Oregon Goes to the Supreme Court

    Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. Oregon has twice, by ballot initiative, adopted a measure allowing for physician-assisted suicide. The measure, known as the “Death With Dignity Act,” raises serious moral and ethical questions, and was challenged by the U.S. Department of Justice. The Department contended that it had the right to invalidate the law, […]

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    American Evangelicals and Israel

    Recent surveys by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life demonstrate that American evangelical Protestants have distinctive – and highly positive – attitudes towards the state of Israel. This group is important both because it constitutes a large share of the American population – about 26% – and because it provided President George W. […]

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    Chapter 1. Image of the United States

    Even though the image of the United States has improved slightly in some parts of the world over the past year, this country’s global approval ratings trail well behind those of other leading nations. When the publics of the 16 nations covered by the survey were asked to give favorability ratings of five major leading […]

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    Questions and Methodology

    Question language Asked of all respondents   IPOD01    Do you have an iPod or other MP3 player that stores and plays music files, or do you not have one of these? IPOD02  Have you ever downloaded a podcast or internet radio program so you could listen to it on your digital audio player at a […]

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    Search Engine Users

    Internet users are very happy with their experiences searching the internet, but many are naive about how they search and the results they find.

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    About the Survey

    Results for this survey are based on telephone interviews conducted under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates International among a nationwide sample of 1,505 adults, 18 years of age or older, from March 17-21, 2005. For results based on the total sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the error attributable to sampling […]

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    Part 2: The Political Typology

    The 2005 Political Typology is the fourth of its kind, following on previous studies in 1987, 1994 and 1999. While the mood of the American electorate has changed markedly over this period, underlying patterns persist. Many characteristics of the groups identified by the current survey, in particular the ideological positions of Enterprisers, Liberals, and Disadvantaged […]

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    Disengaged Public Leans Against Changing Filibuster Rules

    Summary of Findings As the Senate prepares for a showdown on the use of the filibuster against some of President Bush’s judicial nominees, the issue remains mostly off the public’s radar. But public opinion ­ especially among the roughly one-third of the public who has paid at least fairly close attention to the issue ­ […]