A majority of U.S. Catholic voters back same-sex marriage, according to a Quinnipiac University poll out today that also shows majority support for relaxing the church’s prohibition against birth control and for President Barack Obama’s policy requiring religious-based institutions outside of houses...
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks after receiving awards from Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Martin Dempsey during a ceremony at the Pentagon on Feb. 14, 2013.
Hillary Clinton One to Beat in ’16: Poll
A poll out today by Quinnipiac University shows that Hillary Clinton — former secretary of state, U.S. senator from New York and first lady — is the clear frontrunner for the White House in 2016. That is, if she runs....
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A student pauses near a targets during a pistol class taught by King 33 Training at a shooting range on Feb. 24, 2013 in Wallingford, Connecticut.
Connecticut Voters Back Gun Control, General Assembly Ready
This may come as little surprise, post-Newtown: Connecticut voters support stronger gun control measures by a 2 to 1 margin, according to a Quinnipiac University Poll released today. Among women, 75 percent want stronger gun laws, the poll shows. “The...
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Women in New York City.
National Obesity Index: 26.2%
One third of the people in West Virginia are fat. It’s the most obese state of all, by the measure of the Gallup organization and Healthways. Coloradans are the least likely in the nation to be obese — theirs is...
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Aviation ordnanceman practice color guard drills aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) in the Atlantic Ocean on Feb. 15, 2013.
Most Cuts OK, Not Defense: Poll
The public apparently has little sympathy for complaints about the across-the-board cutting ordered in most discretionary federal spending. The public is more concerned, a poll shows, about the cuts in Defense spending. By a margin of 61 percent to 33...
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President Barack Obama departs after speaking to the automatic spending cuts set to kick in.
Obama’s Approval: Sequestered 5%
A couple of things started happening on March 1: – The so-called “sequestration” of Defense and other discretionary federal spending. – A five-point slide in President Barack Obama’s approval ratings. The latest rating of the president’s job performance — 46...
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Sailors stand watch on the deck of the USS Harry S. Truman docked at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Norfolk, Virginia, on Feb. 28, 2013.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 44%
That’s the share of Americans who responded with a negative word or phrase reacting to $85 billion in automatic budget cuts that began taking effect March 1, according to Gallup. Another 24 percent responded to the open-ended question with a...
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President Barack Obama walks to the White House, with just three days until the $85 billion in reductions for this year are scheduled to start.
Polls Backing Obama on Sequestration
Two surveys out today show Americans siding with President Barack Obama over congressional Republicans on how best to address the automatic spending cuts due to take effect March 1. A Washington Post/ABC News poll taken Feb. 20-24 showed 67 percent disapproving...
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Civilian employees of contractor Magic City Enterprises stock the commissary shelves, after hours at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, Wyo, in this file photo. A base spokesperson said each the 1,100 civilians employed on the base could face forced furlough days amounting to about $8,000 in lost annual income if federal sequestration measures are enacted.
Republicans Lack Support as Sequestration Nears: Pew Poll
More than six in 10 Americans see the Republican Party as out of touch with them and half don’t believe the party looks out for the country’s future, according to a Pew Research Center poll released today. The survey also gives...
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President Barack Obama speaks about gun violence as well as the economy in Chicago on Feb. 15, 2013.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 55%
That was President Barack Obama’s job approval rating in a Bloomberg National Poll conducted Feb. 15-18. It is the president’s strongest level of support since September 2009, Bloomberg’s Mike Dorning reports. Forty percent disapprove of the job Obama is doing...
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