This increase, the poll found, was in large part due to wasteful and inefficient discovery.
Nearly half of upstate voters, or 48%, believe it "goes too far, " the poll found.
The poll found that two-thirds of respondents favor limiting ad spending by outside groups.
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The poll found 58% of respondents back a ban on the most powerful rifles.
Overall, 39% of adults oppose hydrofracking, the poll found, while 40% support it and 21% are unsure.
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Other statewide Republican candidates, the poll found, outpaced Mr. Romney by claiming closer to 40% of the Hispanic vote.
The poll found that neither Cuccinelli nor McAuliffe is well-known among state voters.
The poll found that 45 percent of sports fans think college coaches should be paid as much as the pros.
The poll found two-thirds backed handing at least some tax-varying powers to the assembly, but weak support for Welsh independence.
But even against the former NATO commander, Dean has a 46 percent to 32 percent edge among respondents, the poll found.
The poll found that only one in a hundred of those actually using the Atkins diet were convinced by such warnings.
The poll found that Netanyahu's approval ratings increased an astounding 13 percentage points, from 38 to 51 percent in one week.
Democrats should be worried, especially when it comes to the connection between anger at government and voting intentions by independents, the poll found.
Furthermore, only about one in 10 Americans says terrorism is the most important issue in deciding their vote for president, the poll found.
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An even larger majority said they were in favor of creating a path to citizenship for the millions of immigrants in the U.S. illegally, the poll found.
The poll found that more than 50% of respondents in 17 out of 22 countries believe economic benefits and burdens are not fairly distributed in their own nation.
In fact, the poll found that 60% either support the gun laws or think they didn't go far enough, while 30% told pollsters that the gun laws went too far.
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The poll found 48% of respondents saw Mr. Obama as trying to unify the country, compared with 22% who said that of Republicans and 37% who said that of the Democratic Party.
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The poll found that 83 percent of Republican voters who are highly dissatisfied with the government said they are "absolutely certain" to vote in November, compared with 67 percent of Republicans who have lower discontent with the government.
Kerry's military service in Vietnam -- which he showcased at the Democratic National Convention but has since come under attack by a group called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth -- has become less of an asset, the poll found.
More Americans also believe that the war made the United States safer from terrorism than believe going into Iraq increased the terrorism threat, but they are pessimistic about what might happen in Iraq once U.S. troops leave, the poll found.
The CNN poll found 69 percent favored lifting the ban on offshore drilling.
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Moreover, the same poll found that only 8% of respondents had faith in the political parties and 69% did not know which party they would vote for at the election due next year.
You know, you can go back and remember the good old days, way back to, oh say, November of last year, and the same poll found just 46 percent of those American's surveyed calling the economy an extremely important issue.
The same poll found that a party headed by Mr Monti would get more votes than either the PD or the centre-right People of Freedom movement, founded by Mr Berlusconi.
The same poll found that a clear majority (58%) believed America had a moral obligation to help keep the peace in Kosovo, whereas only a minority (42%) was persuaded that America ought to get involved to protect its national interests.
The poll also found that Americans' optimism about the situation in Iraq has increased.
The poll also found that the vast majority of horse owners oppose horse slaughter.
In 2009, in the same poll found only 41% supported gay marriage, while 49% opposed it.
Asked whether public attitude generally had changed since the games, the BBC poll found 79% of non-disabled people agreed.
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