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--59 percent don't think stricter gun control policies would help; Zogby Poll, 2007

--39 percent of homosexuals report being raped, physically assaulted or stalked by their partners; National Violence against Women Survey

--46 percent of Americans want abortion to be banned altogether (11 percent) or legal only in a few rare instances (35 percent); another 20 percent said abortion should be allowed but want more restrictions on it; Just 31 percent of the public wants abortion to be generally available and not have more restrictions placed on it; Pew Research Center poll

--48% of Americans oppose federal funding of stem cell research that requires destroying human embryos. Just 39% support such funding; 57% favored funding only the research avenues that do not harm the donor. Just 24% favored funding all stem cell research, including the type that involves destroying human embryos International Communications Research

--68 percent of Californians support the death penalty; Field Poll Study

--63 percent want all U.S. election ballots to be printed in English only; 2006 Zogby International poll

--60 percent agreed that Hollywood's values are at odds with those of most of America; 2006 Zogby Poll

--54 percent of all Americans declared themselves pro-life while just 44 percent said they supported legal abortion. African-American voters took a pro-life position by a 59 to 41 percent margin; Pace University & Rock the Vote, 2005

--54 percent of Americans say the Senate should confirm Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court; Only 28 percent oppose Alito; Washington Post-ABC News poll

--22 percent of Americans had a favorable opinion of the filibuster compromise reached by 14 senators; Rasmussen Reports

--In an annual survey sponsored by UCLA, 53.9% of college freshman said abortion should be legal,
down from a high of 67.2% in 1992; Los Angeles Times, July 8

--68 percent of Californians support the death penalty; Field Poll Study

--63 percent want all U.S. election ballots to be printed in English only; 2006 Zogby International poll

--60 percent agreed that Hollywood's values are at odds with those of most of America; 2006 Zogby Poll

--54 percent of Americans say the Senate should confirm Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court; Only 28 percent oppose Alito; Washington Post-ABC News poll

--22 percent of Americans had a favorable opinion of the filibuster compromise reached by 14 senators; Rasmussen Reports

--In an annual survey sponsored by UCLA, 53.9% of college freshman said abortion should be legal, down from a high of 67.2% in 1992; Los Angeles Times, July 8

-- 41% say Pres. Bush should nominate someone who will make the court more conservative than the current court. Another
30% would like him to make the court more liberal than it is; Gallup Poll

--92 percent of teens favor abstinence education; Zogby Poll

--39 percent of Americans have a favorable opinion of the Supreme Courts; 31 percent believe most judges are too liberal and 19 percent believe they are too conservative; Rasmussen Reports

--52 percent of likely voters favor proposals to allow younger workers the choice to invest a portion of their Social Security taxes in personal accounts; majorities in Red and Blue states support personal accounts; Zogby
International

--81 percent believe local and state police should help federal authorities enforce laws against illegal immigration; Zogby International Poll

--56 percent oppose the Bush administration's proposal to give millions of illegal aliens guest worker status; Zogby International Poll

--79 percent of the public think people under age 55 should have the right to choose between keeping all of their Social Security contributions in the current system and investing a portion of their funds; FOX News poll

--53 percent said the federal government should deploy troops on the Mexican border as a temporary measure to control illegal immigration; Zogby International Poll

--84 percent of respondents under age 55 think people should have the right to choose between keeping all of their Social Security contributions in the current system and investing a portion of their funds; FOX News poll

--77 percent trust themselves over the government (15 percent) when it comes to making retirement investment decisions; FOX News poll

--85 percent say they detect a bias in news reporting; 48 percent identified the bias as liberal, 30 percent as conservative, 12 percent as both and 3 percent as "other"; Missouri School of Journalism's Center for Advanced Social Research

--91.4 percent of Arizonans support one or more of the five school choice proposals before the legislature; 65.6 percent "strongly" in favor of one or more of the programs; Friedman Foundation survey

--68 percent of Americans oppose homosexual marriage; 57 percent of Americans support a federal marriage amendment; CNN Poll

--79 percent said a patient should not have food and water taken away; Zogby Poll, 2005

--56 percent of Americans believe guardianship should have been turned over to Terri Schiavo's parents; Zogby Poll, 2005

--59 percent of the American public say they oppose all or most abortions; Gallop Poll, 2005

--63 percent, do not think Social Security will have enough money to pay the benefits they are entitled to, and 74 percent think the system faces either major problems or is in crisis; 53 support the concept of letting people control some of their contributions to invest in the market -- Washington Post-ABC News poll

--77 percent of Americans back "laws requiring that women who are 20 weeks or more along in their pregnancy be given information about fetal pain before having an abortion." -- Zogby Poll

--54 percent say Hillary Clinton should not run for president -- Marist Institute poll

--25 percent of all 2004 voters voted for pro-life candidates who oppose abortion and only 13 percent of all voters backed candidates that favor abortion; Wirthlin Worldwide Poll

--61 percent said abortion is "almost always bad" for women; Wirthlin Worldwide Poll

--54 percent of voters take a pro-life position opposing more than 97 percent of all abortions while only 44 percent support legal abortion; Time Magazine

--59 percent of Americans support a federal marriage amendment
--77 percent of Republicans support a federal marriage amendment
--67 percent of Blacks support a federal marriage amendment
--52 percent of Democrats support a federal marriage amendmentSource: CBS/NY Times poll

--78 percent of Americans favor prayer in public schools

--74 percent of Americans favor public displays of the 10 Commandments

--17 percent of Americans label themselves "liberal"; CBS/NY Times poll