A majority of Americans support the legalization of marijuana, according to a recent poll — which in turn means a majority of U.S. polling firms all agree that support for cannabis legalization is at the highest-ever level.
Fifty-two percent of Americans polled by the Pew Research Center said they support legalizing the use of marijuana by adults, the firm announced Thursday, while 45 percent of respondents said the drug should remain illegal.
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Republicans have gained a 10 point lead over Democrats in Rasmussen Reports latest national survey on who the public most trusts to deal effectively with economic issues.
The 10 point lead is the widest margin held by either party in months and has opened up in recent weeks as President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner have become the central players in the debate over how to deal with the approaching debt-ceiling crisis.
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About one third of Americans think al Qaeda is as strong today as it was before the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, according to a new Rasmussen Reports survey.
Some 11 percent of people polled said they think the terrorist organization is stronger today than it was before the attacks, despite the recent death of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. In a poll last September, 36 percent of people said the organization had strengthened.
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An overwhelming number of Americans think it's likely Pakistan knew where Osama bin Laden was hiding, while adminsitration officials are still avoiding any finger-pointing.
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Bad polling news for President Obama just keeps rolling in, this time falling public approval ratings on his handling of foreign policy issues in the wake of his nationally televised address on the Libyan situation last week.
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President Obama's public support continues to head downward, according to the latest monthly compilation of Rasmussen Reports daily tracking survey.
"The number of voters who Strongly Disapprove of the president’s performance inched up a point in March - for the second month in a row - to 40%. This figure has stayed in a narrow range of 37% to 44% since July 2009.
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How's this for a conversation opener at your next Capitol Hill fund raiser?
"A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 16% of Likely U.S. Voters feel that, generally speaking, it would be better for the country if most incumbents in Congress were reelected. That’s a seven-point drop from 23% last August and down from 19% in February 2010.
"Fifty-six percent (56%) say it would be better if most incumbents were defeated and 28% are not sure.
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How's this for a conversation opener at your next Capitol Hill fund raiser?
"A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 16% of Likely U.S. Voters feel that, generally speaking, it would be better for the country if most incumbents in Congress were reelected. That’s a seven-point drop from 23% last August and down from 19% in February 2010.
"Fifty-six percent (56%) say it would be better if most incumbents were defeated and 28% are not sure.
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Anybody in Washington who thought the 2010 election would be sufficient to vent a significant portion of voter anger away from Washington had better think again because the latest Rasmussen Reports survey finds nearly three-fourths of those questioned still hot under the collar.
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When President Reagan famously said in his 1981 inaugural address that "governme
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