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In 12 states with competitive Senate races, older voters lean slightly more Republican than younger voters, according to a poll for National Public Radio. But the margins are narrower than those in nationwide polls conducted a few weeks ago.
It's the government, stupid.
Americans don't want the government shuttered to block Obamacare, and they lay blame for the shutdown on Republicans, according to a Quinnipiac University Poll released on Oct. 1.
The public's view of Medicare doesn't match reality, according to an analysis of six polls by the New England Journal of Medicine, which says that the "wide gap in beliefs between experts on the financial state of Medicare and the public at large" could end up affecting the ongoing battle over the…
If you could skip through time and live forever at a certain point in life, what age would it be? Given our traditionally youth-obsessed culture and penchant for nostalgia, you might guess that most Americans would choose to be perpetual teenagers.
In my line of work as a professional cheapskate, a week rarely passes when I don't receive a money-related press release or see a news item that leaves me shaking my head about people's attitudes and behavior when it comes to money. Adlai E. Stevenson said it 50+ years ago, but it's apparently all…
Is there bias in the U.S. criminal justice system? Unpublished data from a recent Gallup poll point up marked differences in views divided not only by race but also by age.
Polls have the power to buoy politicians and political parties. (Who wouldn't be happy, after all, to know that they're on track to win an election?) At the same time, though, they can dole out bad cases of political heartburn.
Americans of different ages don't agree about government surveillance of their telephone and online communications, two new polls show.
Only a third of all Americans have a favorable view of the Supreme Court. But at least the justices who sit on the nation's highest court score better than hipsters.