Behind the Numbers: February 7, 2010 - February 13, 2010
Post-ABC Poll: Views on gay marriage steady, more back civil unions
With the nation's capital poised to begin allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry, opinions nationwide remain closely divided, but two-thirds of all Americans now say gay and lesbian couples should be able to have the same rights as heterosexual couples through civil unions. In a new Washington Post-ABC News...
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February 12, 2010; 6:00 AM ET |
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Post-ABC poll: financial regulations
A broad - but slimmer - majority of Americans in a new Washington Post-ABC News poll support stricter federal regulations of the financial industry, although few have a lot of confidence the government is putting in place measures to lower the odds of another crisis. Overall, 62 percent of those...
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Jon Cohen
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February 11, 2010; 2:00 PM ET |
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Health care reform: Wanted? Dead or alive?
Americans are evenly split on whether comprehensive health care reform has a chance of passing this year, according to the new Washington Post-ABC News poll, with supporters of the plan optimistic about its chances and opponents sure of its defeat. Among those who say its time has passed, there's little...
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February 10, 2010; 8:45 AM ET |
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Poll: Bipartisanship popular, compromise tricky
Americans spread the blame when it comes to the lack of cooperation in Washington, and, in a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, most want the two sides to keep working to pass comprehensive health care reform.
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February 9, 2010; 2:00 PM ET |
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