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    Intensely Patriotic Americans

    PatriotismThat’s the percentage of Americans who said in a 2007 poll that they completely agree with the statement “I am patriotic,” a decline from the near-record 56% who said so in August 2003.

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    Domestic Policy On Top

    Six-in-ten voters say the next president should focus on domestic policy.

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    GOP’s Moral Majority

    A majority of Republicans cite moral values and abortion as important election issues.

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    Bush’s Third Term?

    Voters split on whether McCain would continue Bush’s policies.

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    Probama

    Three-in-four Obama supporters say they are voting for him (75%), not against McCain.

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    Obama-Clinton Ticket?

    A narrow majority of Democrats (53%) favor an Obama-Clinton ticket.

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    Religiously Unaffiliated

    The number of people who say they are unaffiliated with any particular faith today (16.1%) is more than double the number who say they were not affiliated with any particular religion as children.

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    Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?

    Only 13% of U.S. adults say it’s “very important” for them to be wealthy, ranking this personal priority far behind six others measured in a Pew Social Trends survey.