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Democrats and Republicans maintain contrasting views about global warming, with 75% of Democrats versus 40% of Republicans highly worried about it. However, Republicans' skepticism of global warming has receded since 2011.

Americans' confidence in the economy showed no change last week as the U.S. stock market's rally slowed. The Gallup Economic Confidence Index was -13 for the week ending April 7.

More than three-quarters of Americans favor members of Congress voluntarily returning either 5% or 25% of their salary as a result of the impact of the sequestration budget cuts, which went into effect March 1.

Minneapolis-St. Paul area residents are the most likely to say they feel safe walking alone at night where they live, among those who reside in the 50 largest U.S. metro areas. Memphis area residents are the least likely to feel safe.

Principal Talent as Seen Through Teachers' Eyes

Americans support setting nutritional standards for all food served at public schools, even food served at snack bars and bake sales. However, most oppose prohibiting students from bringing packed lunches from home to school.

Americans put more confidence in President Obama to do the right thing for the U.S. economy than in Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress. Americans' confidence in Obama is up from last year.

U.S. worry about global warming is heading back up after several years of diminished concern. Views toward most global warming issues now fall halfway between record levels of belief and skepticism.

Adults whose primary health insurance is Medicaid are more than twice as likely to have certain preventable chronic health problems as are those adults with employer-based insurance. Medicaid recipients are also much more likely to smoke.

Americans prefer their representatives in Congress vote to pass legislation this week that would avoid the scheduled March 1 sequestration (45%) rather than let the budget sequestration go into effect as planned (37%).