Recent polling data on Congress, immigration, housing prices, and home schooling.

Americans" reactions to the election"s outcome were never as passionate or heated as those of many partisans, pundits, legal scholars, and news organizations.

In an April 6-9 CBS News poll, only 15 percent of respondents said that the current Congress is accomplishing more than it usually does during a two-year period, compared to 67 percent who said it was accomplishing less.

Even with the election still undecided, a majority of Americans had faith in the Supreme Court, and only a small minority believed that we were in a constitutional crisis.