That’s the percentage of Americans who support legalizing marijuana, according to the Pew Research Center. It’s the first time in more than 40 years of polling on the issue that a majority back legalization, Pew said in a report yesterday....
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Marijuana at the Perennial Holistic Wellness Center medical marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles, California.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 52
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Student Federico Paseiro wears a T-Shirt with a message that reads "Undocumented," at a meeting for "Dreamers' Moms" March 20, 2013 at a Miami church.
Path to Citizenship Partisan? It Depends
A path to citizenship? A partisan divide? It depends on the question. With a Washington Post/ABC News poll today showing that 57 percent of registered voters support a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, it finds that only 35 percent...
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Migrant farm workers carry cases of freshly picked spinach on a farm near Wellington, Colorado.
Undocumented Should Be Able to Stay, With Some Conditions: Poll
As lawmakers work to finalize an immigration law rewrite that would provide a path to citizenship for many of the undocumented already here, fewer than half of all Americans say the undocumented should be eligible to become citizens, according to...
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Justin Kenny of Akron, Ohio holds a modified Stars and Stripes flag in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, on March 26, 2013 in Washington, DC.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 52
That’s the percentage of Americans who have a favorable view of the Supreme Court, according to the Pew Research Center. That compares with 31 percent who have an unfavorable view of the high court, according to interviews conducted March 13-17....
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Charles "Charlie" Crist in Washington.
Crist’s Second Chance: Beating Scott
Charlie Crist, the only Florida governor to willingly decline a second term, looks well positioned if he wants his old job back. The second poll in as many days shows the Republican-turned-independent-turned Democrat leading incumbent Republican Gov. Rick Scott trailing...
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Palestinian militants of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades stand guard on the roof of a building in the West Bank village of Saair on February 25, 2013 during the funeral of Arafat Jaradat, an inmate who died in an Israeli prison.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 48
That’s the percentage of Americans who favor putting more pressure on Palestinians than the Israelis amid the stalled Middle East peace process, according to Gallup. That compared with 25 percent who said the U.S. should put more pressure on the...
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People gather at the scene of a car bomb attack close to one of the main gates to the heavily-fortified Green Zone, which houses major government offices and the embassies of several countries, including the United States and Britain in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 19, 2013.
Iraq Ten Years After — ‘Mistake’ Registering Slim Majority in Polls
Ten years after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, there is a striking similarity in two polls asking the same question. Was it a mistake? Fifty-four percent of Americans think the U.S. should have stayed out of Iraq, according to the...
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Wayne MacKenzie, left, and Clayton Zook admire their wedding rings after exchanging vows January 1, 2013 at Black Walnut Point Inn on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.
Gay Marriage: Public Support Rising
Support for gay marriage has reached a new high in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, “marking a dramatic change in public attitudes on the subject across the past decade,” pollster Gary Langer reports. Fifty-eight percent of Americans surveyed now say...
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Hispanic speaking delegates wave banners during Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's acceptance speech at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Florida, on August 30, 2012.
Republican ‘Resurrection’ Tied to Hispanics, Pollster Tells CPAC
Republican pollster Whit Ayres told those gathered at the Conservative Political Action Conference today that they need to do more to reach out to Hispanic voters, as he tipped his hat to former President Bill Clinton. “If we hope to...
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Outdoor space heaters wait to be removed by volunteers, employees and contractors from the Service Employees International Union as they work to break down 'The People's Camp' on the National Mall west of the U.S. Capitol.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 13%
That’s the approval rating of Congress, according to a Gallup survey conducted March 7-10. The figure is little changed from a month ago, when Congress had a 15 percent approval rating. The most recent surveys were conducted after automatic budget...
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