Poll Watch

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53% of Americans say they wouldn't vote for an atheist.


USA Today/Gallup Poll

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56% of American voters --62% of women and 50% of men say Hillary Clinton's decision to stand by her husband after the Monica Lewinsky scandal is a sign of strength.

Siena College Research Institute

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Most Americans greatly underestimate the death toll for Iraqi civilians in the Iraq war. The median estimate of Iraqi deaths is 9,890. The U.S. Government eastimates more than 54,000 Iraqi deaths,while the U.N. and some unofficial estimates put the total at more than 100,000.

Associated Press/Ipsos Poll

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78% of Americans say the media is "overdoing" its coverage of Anna Nicole Smith's death and funeral.

Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Poll

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Nine out of ten Americans say the U.S. health-care system is in need of "fundamental" changes,including 36% who say it needs a complete overhaul. 64% say the government should guarantee health insurance for all Americans, while 27% say it shouldn't.

The New York Times/CBS News Poll

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69% of Americans say President Bush should not issue a pardon to lewis "Scotter" libby,while 18% say he should.

CNN/Opinion Research Corp.Poll

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57% of Republican voters want more choices for the 2008 Republican nomination,while 40% are satisfied with who's already running.39% of Democrats want more choices, while 57% are satisfied.

CBS News/The New York Time

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83% of registered voters say the media is biased. 64% say the media is clearly tilted to the left,and 28% detect conservative bias.Among registered Republicans, 97% say the media is liberal.

Zogby Poll

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58% of Americans say the firings of eight prosecutors were politically motivated,while 15% say they were not.35% say Attorney General Alberto Gonzales should resigh over the firings.32% say he should not.

NewsWeek/princeton Survey Research

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By a 59% to 33% margin Americans say they would like their congressional representative to vote for a bill calling for a withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq by August 2008.

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Only 27% say the troops surge has made things better in Irag.while 44% say it hasn't made a difference,and 19% say it's made things worse.

Pew Research Center

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By a 67% to 22% margin,American voters think a Democrat will win the next presidential election.59% say the candidate with the most money wins elections,while 25% say the best candidate wins.

Foxnews/opinion Research Dynamics

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72% of heterosexual American adults say their feeling towards their favorite male athlete would not change if the athlete revealed he was gay.

Harris Interactive

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25% of American adults say they never exercise

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Younger people are more likely to root for Barry Bonds to break Hank Aaron's career home run record this season.43% of Americans between the ages of 18 and 44 are rooting for Bonds,compared with only 27% of those who are 45 or older.

CBS News Poll

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By a 67% to 22% margin, American voters think a Democrat will win the next presidential election. 59% say the candidate with the most money wins elections,while 25% say the best canidate wins.

Foxnews/opinion Research Dynamics

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Only 16% of people in the Gulf Coast region hit by Hurricane Katrina a year ago say their lives are back to normal.

USA Today/Gallup Poll

But we continue to send Billions to other countries and forget about our own.

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Two-thirds of Americans say the country's foreign relations are on the "wrong track." 82% say the world is become more dangerous for the U.S. and its citizens,and 68% believe the rest of the world views the U.S. negatively.

Foreign Affairs/Public Agenda

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66% of Americans say laws concerning the sale of handguns should be strickter, while 4% say they should be less strict,and 28% say they should stay as they are.

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33% of Americans think the sale of all handguns should be banned.