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Doctor-assisted suicide is the most controversial of 17 cultural issues Gallup tested this year, with Americans divided 45% vs. 48% over its moral acceptability. Many also disagree about whether abortion and out-of-wedlock births are morally ...

More Americans describe themselves as “pro-life” on abortion (51%) than “pro-choice” (42%) for the first time since Gallup began asking the question in 1995. Gallup also finds a shift to the right in terms of the circumstances in which Americans ...

Explore trends in the makeup of the Democratic Party, plus what the rising liberal faction and shrinking moderate and conservative factions stand for.

Birth control, divorce, sex between unmarried people and gambling are among the issues Americans are most likely to find "morally acceptable." Lowest on this list are polygamy, extramarital affairs, and cloning animals and humans.

While a slightly greater share of American women consider themselves “pro-choice” (50%) than “pro-life” (43%), few say the issue is critical to their vote.

Jack Jenkins, national reporter for the Religion News Service, joins the podcast to discuss the decline of religious importance and affiliation in the U.S.

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More Americans say the economy should be a high priority for the president and Congress than say this about any other issue. At least 70% of Americans also deem education, healthcare policy, Social Security, and terrorism important.

Republicans and Democrats agree that the economy, terrorism, jobs and healthcare are key election issues. However, they differ on the importance of climate change, the scope of government, income distribution and other issues.

The state of Virginia executed Teresa Lewis on Thursday night, the first woman to be put to death in that state since 1912. Lewis had been convicted of the murder of her husband and son back in 2002. As is usually the case with executions, there ...