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According to Gallup:

• Americans are pro-choice (67 percent) • Americans support the Geneva
Conventions with regards to torture (57 percent) • Americans don't want
the government snooping in their bank and internet records (67 percent) •
Americans want the USA Patriot Act changed or eliminated entirely (81
percent) • Americans support protecting the environment at the expense of
economic growth (55 percent) • Americans believe that global warming is
happening (86 percent) • Americans believe that it's the government's
responsibility to provide health care (69 percent) • Americans support the
decriminalization of marijuana (55 percent) and support the legalization
of medical marijuana (78 percent) • Americans are opposed to attacking
Iran (68 percent, according to a CNN Poll) • Americans support labor
unions (60 percent) • Americans want government funding of embryonic stem
cell research (56 percent) • Americans believe that free trade hurts
American workers (65 percent) • Americans believe rich people and
corporations aren't paying enough taxes (66 and 71 percent respectively) •
And overall party affiliation? 54 percent of Americans are Democrats (with
leaners) and 39 percent are Republicans (with leaners).

http://www.gallup.com/poll/topics.aspx


There just may be some hope for the U.S.A. after all.