A health care supplement to the May 2010 Political Report shows the public's attitudes on health care.

Polls suggest Americans prefer personal responsibility to punitive taxes in combating the obesity problem.

On Thursday, the House of Representatives voted narrowly, 225 to 220, to keep the estate tax at its current level. When pollsters ask about this issue, the responses are clear and consistent: people do not like the tax.

Polls show decline in public faith in Washington's solutions to economic problems.

Polls show low levels of trust in Wall Street and leading financial institutions, a situation only exacerbated by the AIG executive bonus debacle.

Greater polarization of the electorate, concerns about the economy, and skepticism of the media have led to a sharp decline in public opinion that climate change is a real and serious issue.

Americans say many high profile people are overpaid, but they consider this, in some cases, unseemly or excessive rather than inherently unjust.

Drug manufacturers spend more than two billion dollars a year on direct-to-consumer (DTC) television ads, which the Food and Drug Administration has permitted since 1997. Surveys show virtually all consumers are familiar with these ads.

DTC advertising is permitted in only two economically advanced nations: the United...