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Many Americans still believe in federal conspiracies — By Kevin Crowe and Guido H. Stempel III, Scripps Howard News Service (November 20, 2007). Nearly two-thirds of Americans think it is possible that some federal officials had specific warnings of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, but chose to ignore those warnings, according to a Scripps Howard News Service/Ohio University poll. FULL STORY » Many with adjustable mortages feel pinched to pay — By Kevin Crowe and Guido H. Stempel III, Scripps Howard News Service (November 7, 2007). As the national mortgage crisis worsens, nearly one-fifth of Americans with mortgages report feeling financially pinched by their monthly payments. Homeowners with adjustable rate mortgages are almost twice as likely to say they're having trouble making payments than are people with traditional fixed-rate mortgages. FULL STORY » On most issues, Democrats trump the Republicans — By Kevin Crowe and Guido H. Stempel III, Scripps Howard News Service (October 24, 2007). Most Americans trust Democrats rather than Republicans to handle the war in Iraq, to balance the federal budget and to craft federal policies on thorny issues like abortion and illegal immigration. Republicans have hit such hard times with most of the American public that they are losing against Democrats on many of the GOP's historical core issues, FULL STORY »

LATEST SURVEY... This survey in the Fall of 2007 asks about home buying and mortgages. It asks respondents how important 11 issues are and which party the think would be most able to deal with each of thsoe issues. We also asked respondents how they feel about mandatory vaccination for young children. We asked how likely respondents feel certain conspiracy theories are. SEE SURVEY »

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