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A strikingly higher percentage of Americans believe that the threat posed by global warming is exaggerated, a new Gallup survey found. Nearly half of the public (48 percent) think that the seriousness of global warming is generally exaggerated, up from 41 percent in 2009 and 31 percent in 1997, when Gallup first asked the question. Gallup noted that the percentage of Americans who believe global warming is generally overblown is the highest on its record. Read more »

Apparently all the running around the world, apologizing for America and bowing to every foreigner in sight just isn’t improving respect for America internationally. A new poll finds Americans believe America’s respect internationally has been diminished under President Obama. Read more »

The Sam Adams Alliance has done a study of the Tea Party movement. The study is called “The Early Adopters” and it examines why people got involved with the Tea Party movement, what they seek to accomplish, and some interesting dynamics about the people and politics of the phenomenon. Read more »

President Obama’s support among born-again Christians has decreased after a year in office, a new survey shows. Among all born-again Christians, 35 percent are satisfied with the job the president is doing, according to a survey conducted by The Barna Group. Read more »

With the massive advance of socialism we’ve seen under our Marxist president in the last year, Gallup has come out with an interesting poll on how Americans view socialism. Overall, only about 1/3 (36%) have a favorable impression of socialism while 58% view it negatively. Read more »

Over the past five years or so, we’ve seen the number of people who believe in anthropogenic global warming drop, drop, drop as more people learn about the gaping lack of real scientific evidence to support the theory. The latest Pew survey finds global warming dead last among the concerns of the American people. Read more »

Bellweather polling conducted over the weekend finds Republican Scott Brown blasting ahead to double-digit leads over Democrat Martha Coakley. In fact, a Rassmussen poll finds a double-digit lead among all Americans who are pulling for Brown. Are the Democrats days in power in congress numbered? Read more »

The latest Suffolk University poll finds Republican Scott Brown leading Democrat Martha Coakley 50-46% in the Massachusetts U.S. Senate special election. If Brown wins next week, it will generate a huge political earthquake in Washington D.C. Read more »

Things are getting pretty exciting in Massachusetts where not long ago it was believed another Democrat would just waltz into the senate seat of the late Ted Kennedy. Republican Scott Brown has come from behind to lead in the polls, and he raised $1 million in one day yesterday. Read more »

The latest Gallup report finds conservatism is the top ideology in America. Conservatives (40%) outnumbered both moderates (36%) and liberals (21%) across the nation in 2009. Read more »

Things aren’t looking too bad for the GOP in 2010. The latest Rasmussen poll finds that on a generic ballot, Republicans are way ahead of Democrats. Even in the People’s Republic of Massachusetts, Republican Scott Brown is coming from long-shot candidate to a strong showing in the contest to fill the late Ted Kennedy’s senate seat. Read more »

As we take one final look back on the almost defunct year of 2009, these are the top 50 articles at Dakota Voice during the year, based on the number of hits they received. Some continued to receive thousands of hits months after they were published, and are relevant and informative even today. Take a walk with us down memory lane as we take one final look back at the events and issues of 2009. Read more »

Well, now that both the U.S. House and Senate have passed the unconstitutional government health care bill, the American people are resigned to it and most Americans are now behind it. Right? Ah, no. Not even close. Read more »

It’s a good thing Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) doesn’t have to face the voters for another three years. The latest poll after his sell-out vote on government health care shows he’d be toast in 2010. Will the voters remember in 2012 when he’s next up for re-election? I’d bank on it. Read more »

The most popular pieces from Dakota Voice last week, including: Base Closure Threat Blackmailing Senator Nelson into Health Care Vote?; Probe Called for in Sen. Nelson Offutt AFB Blackmail Allegations; ClimateGate Expanding, Including Russian Data and Another Research Center; ClimateGate Sequel: From Russia, With Love; Boy Ordered into Psych Evaluation for Drawing Christ on Cross at Christmas; Survey of Adult Homeschooled Students: Better in Almost Every Way; Battleground Poll: Democrats in Deep, Deep Trouble in 2010; and more! Read more »

A poll by Harris Interactive of over 2,000 adults found that 59 percent of Americans are “absolutely certain” and 15 percent are “somewhat certain” that there is a God. Those over the age of 40, in the South, or who are female are most likely to be absolutely certain compared to 25- to 29-year-olds, those who live in the East and males. Read more »

The latest NBC/Wall Street Journal poll is also looking ugly for President Obama and his fellow socialists, er, Democrats. Obama’s disapproval is virtually tied with his approval rating, most Americans disapprove of his handling of the economy, and Congressional approval is at a low 22%. Read more »

The latest Battleground Poll reveals the president’s approval rating is below 50%, most people disapprove of his performance, and disapproval of congress is at an all-time high. Meanwhile, the Tea Party movement and other average Americans are energized like never before to get our country back on the right track. Read more »

Congress is doing such a good job of getting to the heart of the problems with our health care system (you know, getting government meddling out of the picture, tort reform, greater access to a variety of health care plans, getting the consumer more involved in his own health care decisions, etc)…most Americans want congress to DO NOTHING rather than continue down the socialist road of mandates and inefficiencies they are currently on. Read more »

The latest Gallup poll finds President Barack Obama’s approval rating comes in at 47%–the lowest of any president at this point in their administration. Perhaps most Americans have indeed awakened to the fact that we have a radical Marxist in the White House who despises American values. Read more »

Support for government health care continues to drop like a rock, falling to anemic levels. The latest Rasmussen Report poll finds only 27% of American voters support a single-payer government health care system–down 5 percentage points since August. Read more »