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Poll: Obama could handle space alien invasion better than Romney

Last updated Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 12:10pm

LOS ANGELES - Not only do more than 80 million Americans believe that UFOs exist, many are not afraid of an alien drop-in, according to a new study.

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President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference at the G20 Summit, Tuesday, June 19, 2012, in Los Cabos, Mexico. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

New poll reflects ‘lesser of two evils’ mood with Obama in big lead

Julie Hirschfeld Davis Bloomberg News

Last updated Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 10:06am

WASHINGTON - Barack Obama has opened a significant lead over Mitt Romney in a Bloomberg National Poll that reflects the presumed Republican nominee’s weaknesses more than the president’s strengths.

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In this photo taken Thursday, May 31, 2012, in Anchorage, Alaska, Kris Natwick with the Downtown Anchorage Partnership poses for a photo at a downtown tourism booth. Travel and Leisure poll readers have named Anchorage residents as the nation's worst-dressed. Natwick says it more important to be out doing things with friends than it is being "fashion-apropriate and savvy for every event." (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Poll names SLC residents second worst-dressed in nation

Mark Thiessen The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, June 1, 2012 - 11:36am

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Anchorage residents are apparently not dressing to impress.

That's the upshot of Travel and Leisure Magazine's reader poll, which put the residents of Alaska's largest city at the bottom when it comes to being on the top of style.

The magazine ran an online poll asking readers to rank 35 American cities on such things as best nightlife, best burgers, best New Year's Eve celebrations, etc.

By a three-tenths of a point, Anchorage landed just below Salt Lake City for having the worst-dressed residents.

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets veterans after speaking at a campaign stop at the Veterans Museum & Memorial Center, Monday, May 28, 2012 in San Diego. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Poll shows Romney becoming more likable

Jon Cohen The Washington Post

Last updated Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 10:09am

Republican women are rallying to Mitt Romney - their party's now-certain presidential nominee - boosting him to his best-ever showing on a fundamental measure of personal popularity, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

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Majority of California voters do not support legalizing pot

Joe Monzingo Los Angeles Times

Last updated Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 3:03pm

LOS ANGELES - In California, cradle of the marijuana movement, a new poll has found a majority of voters do not support legalization, even as they overwhelmingly back medicinal use for "patients with terminal and debilitating conditions."

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'Pro-choice' position hits record low in poll

Michael Muskal Los Angeles Times

Last updated Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 5:27pm

The percentage of Americans who say they are "pro-choice" reached a record low, according to a Gallup poll released Wednesday, but the political significance of the new data remains unclear given the volatile nature of the abortion issue.

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Half of Americans call Facebook a fad

Tali Arbel The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 12:14pm

Half of Americans think Facebook is a passing fad, according to the results of a new Associated Press-CNBC poll. And, in the run-up to the social network's initial public offering of stock, half of Americans also say the social network's expected asking price is too high.

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Poll finds Romney behind Bush, McCain in evangelical support

Mitchell Landsberg Los Angeles Times

Last updated Saturday, May 12, 2012 - 10:18am

Even before he announced his support for same-sex marriage, President Barack Obama was badly trailing Republican Mitt Romney among evangelical Christians, the group most committed to traditional forms of marriage, according to a new poll about the attitudes of religious voters.

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Poll: Obama, Romney neck and neck six months ahead of election

Kim Geiger McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Monday, May 7, 2012 - 4:29pm

WASHINGTON -- With six months until Election Day, the race between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney has tightened into a statistical dead heat.

Two new polls find that while the candidates are tied for overall support, Obama remains the more well-liked candidate and Romney is considered the more apt at handling the economy.

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FILE - In this May 1, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks in New York. Romney says he wanted an openly gay spokesman who resigned from the campaign to stay on. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams, File)

Poll shows Romney gains on Obama in key states

Kim Geiger McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Friday, May 4, 2012 - 10:12am

WASHINGTON -- It's been more than 50 years since a candidate has won the White House without carrying at least two of the three swing states of Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania, and a new poll shows Mitt Romney neck and neck with President Barack Obama in two of them.

Romney, who trailed Obama 49 percent to 42 percent in Florida and 47 percent to 41 percent in Ohio in late March, is now statistically tied with the president, 44 percent to 43 percent in Florida and 42 percent to 44 percent in Ohio, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll of voters in the three key swing states.

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Support for more nuke plants in U.S. decreasing, poll finds

Julie Cart Los Angeles Times

Last updated Thursday, April 26, 2012 - 12:03pm

The American public is divided about whether to eliminate federal subsidies for any form of energy and is giving less support to nuclear power and U.S. funding of renewable energy, a new poll has found.

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Gallup poll shows Romney edging Obama

Michael A. Memoli McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Monday, April 16, 2012 - 4:58pm

WASHINGTON -- The first Gallup poll of the general election campaign shows Mitt Romney edging out President Barack Obama, a close result that both parties expect will be the case through much of the next seven months.

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Poll shows most Republicans fed up with coverage of Trayvon Martin case

Rene Lynch Los Angeles Times

Last updated Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - 5:12pm

A majority of Republicans say the media have gone overboard with their coverage of the Trayvon Martin slaying, and 43 percent of whites in general say enough is enough, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press.

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Pennies are shown in Ottawa on Thursday, March 29, 2012. The humble one-cent piece is set to disappear from Canadian pockets, a victim of inflation. Thursday's federal budget said the Royal Canadian Mint will strike the last of the little coins this fall. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Sean Kilpatrick)

66% of Americans favor keeping the penny

Contributed Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, March 30, 2012 - 5:10pm

WASHINGTON -- A poll released today by Americans for Common Cents shows overwhelming support for the penny by the American public. Over two-thirds (67%) of those surveyed favored keeping the penny in circulation.

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