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Seven-in-ten Americans say President Obama should focus on domestic policy.
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Seven-in-ten Americans say President Obama should focus on domestic policy.
Fewer than half (46%) among the American public now see the country as more politically divided than in the past, down 20 points from January 2007.
A pre-inaugural Pew Research Center poll finds about eight-in-ten Americans (79%) hold a favorable view of the incoming president, including 59% of Republicans.
Two-thirds of Americans (67%) say they plan to watch Obama’s inauguration on Jan. 20; not surprisingly, even higher percentages of Democrats, Obama voters and African Americans say they plan to tune in.
Three-quarters of religiously unaffiliated voters supported Obama.
A 19-point gap now separates Democratic and Republican identification among young voters.
More than six-in-ten Americans say they would prefer to live in a politically mixed community.
Democrats are more likely than Republicans to give diversity-oriented responses to questions about community.
Nearly seven-in-ten American adults (68%) now describe microwave ovens as a practical necessity in their daily lives.
About a quarter of wired Obama voters have gone online to learn about or get involved with the presidential transition process.
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