Polls of the Week: May 18
Black support for same-sex marriage grows, plus more.
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America Weighs In - African-Americans support President Obama on same-sex marriage, Mitt Romney’s favorability hits all-time high, Americans question the value of a college education, plus more top polls. —Joyce Jones and Britt Middleton
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Backing Marriage Equality - In an ABC/Washington Post poll, 54 percent of African-Americans said they viewed President Obama’s endorsement of same-sex marriage favorably. The poll results, released on May 15, show a 13 point difference from a similar poll conducted in 2011, in which only 41 percent of Blacks said they supported gay marriage. Conversely, among whites, 45 percent said they supported Obama’s position, a 9-point difference from the 54 percent who said they supported same-sex marriage in March.(Photo: UPI/Alexis C. Glenn/Landov)
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The End of Pleasantries - Has America lost its morals? Yes, according to a recent Gallup poll. Forty-three percent of respondents characterized the state of moral values in the U.S. as “poor,” and 73 percent said things are only getting worse, up from 69 percent last year. About 19 percent said American values are getting better while 5 percent said they remained the same.(Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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Obama Is for the Young - If you’re younger than 40, then you’re an Obama supporter — at least according to respondents to a Gallup poll published May 18. Voters aged 18-29 prefer Obama to Romney by 21 percent, while the senior set, aged 70 and older, favor Romney by a 14-point margin.(Photo: Sara D. Davis/Getty Images)
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Race Matters - Voters are divided by race when choosing between Obama and Romney. A Gallup poll published May 18 shows that among non-Hispanic whites, Romney leads Obama by 54 percent to 37 percent and non-Hispanic Blacks prefer Obama by 76 percent to 16 percent.(Photos: Alex Wong/Getty Images; AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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