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Romney's evangelical problem on display in South

Jennifer Agiesta, Rachel Zoll The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, March 9, 2012 - 2:39pm

Mitt Romney's weak appeal so far with white evangelicals will be in the forefront as the GOP presidential primaries move into Southern states where most Republicans are born-again Christians.

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Romney faces tough road in upcoming evangelical states

Jennifer Agiesta, Rachel Zoll The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, March 9, 2012 - 4:02pm

Romney faces tough road in upcoming evangelical states

By RACHEL ZOLL AND JENNIFER AGIESTA

The Associated Press

Mitt Romney's struggle with white evangelical voters doesn't bode well for him as he moves through the GOP presidential primary, with Mississippi and Alabama just ahead.

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney makes his point during a Republican presidential debate on Tuesday. If polls show one thing with certainty, it’s that Republicans aren’t sold on Romney and they’ve been looking for other presidential candidates. The first votes will be cast in the GOP presidential primary in less than three months. (JIM COLE/The Associated Press)

GOP still not sold on Mitt Romney

Jennifer Agiesta The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, October 14, 2011 - 11:42pm

WASHINGTON — If polls show one thing with certainty, it’s that Republicans aren’t sold on Mitt Romney and they’ve been looking for other presidential candidates.

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Poll: Young people see online slurs as just joking

Connie Cass, Jennifer Agiesta The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, September 20, 2011 - 6:51am

WASHINGTON — Is it ever OK to tweet that a girl’s a “slut”? How about using an offensive name for gays on Facebook? Or texting a racial slur? Most young people think it’s all right when friends are joking around with each other, according to a new poll.

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(TED RICHARDSON/The Associated Press) A gay rights supporter leaves a sign in the lap of a statue of Andrew Johnson on the lawn of the North Carolina State Capitol after a rally against a state constitutional amendment that would say marriage between a man and a woman is the only domestic legal union in North Carolina, in Raleigh, N.C., on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011. The N.C. Senate voted Tuesday to put the marriage issue to a vote in 2012.

AP poll: Divisions persist on legal gay marriage

Jennifer Agiesta, Laurie Kellman The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - 7:49am

WASHINGTON — Barbara Von Aspern loves her daughter, “thinks the world” of the person her daughter intends to marry and believes the pair should have the same legal rights as anyone else. It pains her, but Von Aspern is going to skip their wedding. Her daughter, Von Aspern explains, is marrying another woman.

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Poll: Americans feel safe, but Congress shouldn't

Jennifer Agiesta, Laurie Kellman The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - 7:19am

WASHINGTON — Congress may be in the doghouse with the American public, but the broader government — especially the military — gets high marks for keeping the nation safe and secure, a new poll suggests.

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AP Poll: Repeal? Many wish health law went further

Jennifer Agiesta, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, September 25, 2010 - 9:38pm

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's health care overhaul has divided the nation, and Republicans believe their call for repeal will help them win elections in November. But the picture's not that clear cut.

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