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Default What Americans Believe...


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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



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