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• Tweet of the Week: @galluppoll

  Posted January 8th, 2010 at 12:39pm in Ongoing Priorities with 0 comments

  Our Tweet of the Week comes from the folks at Gallup. They’ve got good news for the conservative movement. According to a Gallup poll, 40% of Americans considered themselves “conservative” in 2009, higher than any other ideological group (liberals were 21%; moderates were 36%). From Gallup, here’s the Tweet of the Week: @galluppoll Conservatives Finish 2009 as [...] More

• 2 Out of 3 Americans Favor Building Nuclear Power Plants

  Posted June 12th, 2008 at 9:24am in Energy and Environment with 6 comments

  A poll released by Zogby International shows that a strong majority (67%) of Americans favor building nuclear power plants. Republicans are most favorably disposed to nuclear energy (85%), with Independents not far behind (70%). Democrats, although less enthusiastic about building new plants, still have a plurality (49%) in support. The poll also found that Americans want [...] More

• Facts and Specifics Will Save U.S. from Disatrous Global Warming Policies

  Posted March 21st, 2008 at 11:48am in Energy and Environment with 4 comments

  Americans often tell pollsters they want to see the government “do something” about global warming and then Congress draws up costly new proposals that would seriously impede economic growth in the US. When Americans are asked what costs they are willing to bear, and for what actual benefit for the environment, support “to do something” [...] More