Why Americans Identify as Republicans and Democrats – and Why They Don’t
Many don’t consider themselves Republicans or Democrats. Instead, they’re independents or something else – though they often “lean” toward a major party.
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Many don’t consider themselves Republicans or Democrats. Instead, they’re independents or something else – though they often “lean” toward a major party.
Negative views of the decision to take military action against Iraq are at their highest point since the war began almost five years ago; slightly more than a third of Americans (36%) now say the decision to use military force was right, while 56% see it as wrong.
More than seven-in-ten among the U.S. public, including nearly equal majorities of both blacks and whites, agree that rap’s societal impact is bad.