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The public has a better idea of how much the government spends on programs like Social Security and Medicare, but there is a related problem -- cutting them has little public support
Americans overestimate U.S. budget items Apr 01, 2011
Democrats have slightly better numbers than the Republicans on just two issues -- Social Security and healthcare -- and on both of them, that gap is extremely small. That's bad news for the Democrats, who in past elections have had large leads over the GOP on those domestic issues
Poll: GOP leads Democrats on most issues Sep 07, 2010
Among liberal Democrats, 85 percent say they want to see the party re-nominate Obama in 2012
Poll: Obama advances, Palin loses ground Dec 29, 2010
Keep in mind that Joe Lieberman and Rudy Giuliani -- both relatively famous when they decided to run for president -- were ahead in polls conducted in 2003 and 2007
Poll: Republicans want winning candidate Feb 08, 2011
One of the biggest differences is on the relative importance of jobs versus the federal deficit. Most Tea Party Republicans say that Congress and President Barack Obama should pay more attention to the deficit
CNN Poll: Tea Party evenly divides GOP Sep 15, 2011