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Pew survey finds Americans place gridlock blame largely on GOP, but there's good news and bad news for Obama, Democrats and Republicans
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Every year around the time of pollster Lee Miringoff's birthday, The Marist Institute tries to pin down what "old" means by conducting a poll. They've found as people live longer and work longer, the term middle aged has become more elastic.
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Six in 10 Americans say they fear tumbling from the middle class in the next few years, according to a newly released poll.
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A new analysis of census data shows that net household worth between 2009 and 2011 was up significantly for the top 7 percent.
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A poll released days before the opening of George W. Bush's presidential library in Dallas is serving as fodder for some sequestered GOP nostalgia about his two terms in the White House.
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Most Americans have said for the past decade or so that there would more occasional acts of terrorism in the U.S. The bombings at the Boston Marathon, according to Pew Research Center polling, has underscored that view. But Americans seem to have accepted this as part of life.
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The Latino Decisions poll also found that 87 percent of those polled would apply for citizenship if a new law allowed them to.
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It is the first time in four decades of polling, those favoring legalization are in the majority. It is a dramatic shift in public opinion. In 1969 just 12 percent supported legalization.
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Immediately after previous shootings, polls shifted somewhat — then trended back toward earlier levels. A look at recent polls shows that happening again for the most part.
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Forty-seven percent said they supported stricter gun control laws. That number was 57 percent just after the shootings.