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"Special Report: Ideologically, Where Is the U.S. Moving?" is by Linda Saad of Gallup. This polling covers a wide array of issues and broad themes examining differences between 2004 polling and polling conducted in 2008/2009. The executive summary could be: As measured by Gallup, national support for the death penalty is at 64%, the same level of support as Gallup found in 2004. Or, as stated in the narrative: Public opinion on several other domestic policy issues did not change appreciably -- including on the death penalty and labor unions. Here's an extended excerpt from the introduction:Despite the results of the 2008 presidential election, Americans, by a 2-to-1 margin, say their political views in recent years have become more conservative rather than more liberal, 39% to 18%, with 42% saying they have not changed...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 08, 2009 (boomark / email).