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    I Want To Go Where It’s Warm

    Americans prefer a hotter place to live over one with a colder climate by nearly a two-to-one margin.

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    Reluctant Suffragettes

    Not until 60 years after passage of the 19th Amendment did women finally turn out in equal voting proportion to their male compatriots. What took them so long?

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    Republicans Say Own Leaders Unclear

    As many Republicans say their party’s leaders have failed to clearly articulate their position (42%) as say they have explained themselves clearly (41%).

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    Health Care Spending Trumps Deficit

    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.

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    Want Tighter Financial Regulation

    Six-in-ten Americans think it is a good idea for the government to regulate more strictly the way major financial companies do business.

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    Stressed Smokers

    Half of all smokers say they “frequently” experience stress, compared with 35% of former smokers and 31% of those who never smoked.

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    Less Happy Smokers

    A quarter of current smokers say that they are very happy, compared with more than a third of quitters and almost four-in-ten non-smokers.

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    Republicans: Fewer, More Conservative

    Slightly more than a quarter of registered voters call themselves Republicans, a low in 16 years of polling by the Pew Research Center; most GOPers now think their party should move further to the right.