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About four-in-ten (43%) Americans say that President Obama is a liberal, while 37% consider him to be “middle-of-the-road.” Just 13% describe him as conservative.

Nearly three-quarters (73%) of mobile phone users who used their devices to contribute to relief efforts after the 2010 Haiti earthquake did so quickly, making their donations on the same day that they heard about the Text to Haiti campaign.

Half of Americans — a record high — say that the current Congress has accomplished less than recent predecessors.

Nearly two-thirds (65%) of Americans who are aware of the new rules on independent expenditures that resulted from the Supreme Court’s “Citizens United” decision in 2010 say they are having a negative impact on the 2012 presidential campaign.