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• Murray not so vulnerable after all?

  Murray not so vulnerable after all?

  Republicans throughout the state and perhaps the nation have been buzzing about Washington's senate race ever since a straw poll pitting former state Senator and two-time gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi against incumbent Democrat Sen. Patty Murray showed Rossi faring better than Murray if the election were held at the time of the poll.

  A couple of polls in the last two months showed Rossi leading Murray in a hypothetical election. The most recent was a March 9 Rasmussen poll showing Rossi leading Murray 49-46 percent among likely voters, with a +/- 4.5 percent margin of error.

  Of course, Rossi wasn't a candidate at the time of the poll and still isn't, although several media outlets have reported he met with national GOP leaders, including Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, in Washington D.C. earlier this week.

• Poll: Most NYers want developers to move mosque

  Poll: Most NYers want developers to move mosque

  A new poll finds 71 percent of New Yorkers want the developers of an Islamic center and mosque near ground zero to voluntarily move the project.

  The Quinnipiac (KWIHN'-uh-pee-ak) University poll released Tuesday finds the same amount of New Yorkers want Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to investigate funding of the project.

  Cuomo, a Democrat running for governor, has said little about the issue. He says the building is protected by the Constitution and that he will investigate if concerns are found.

• How the poll on election issues was conducted

  How the poll on election issues was conducted

  The Associated Press-GfK Poll on election issues was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Corporate Communications from Aug. 11-16, 2010. It is based on landline and cell phone telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,007 adults. Interviews were conducted with 706 respondents on landline telephones and 301 on cellular phones.

  Digits in the phone numbers dialed were generated randomly to reach households with unlisted and listed landline and cell phone numbers.

  Interviews were conducted in both English and Spanish.

• Poll: NYers conflicted on mosque near WTC

  Poll: NYers conflicted on mosque near WTC

  A new poll finds New Yorkers are conflicted about the construction of a mosque near the World Trade Center site, with half of respondents opposed to the project and a majority saying people have the right to build an Islamic center near ground zero.

  The New York Times survey released Friday found 50 percent of respondents opposed to the project, 35 percent in favor and 15 percent undecided.

  In a separate question, 62 percent said people have the right to build an Islamic center and mosque near ground zero, while 28 percent said they don't.

• Poll: Local schools up, Obama education plans down

  Poll: Local schools up, Obama education plans down

  A new Gallup Poll has found fewer Americans approve of the job President Barack Obama is doing in support of public education, but they continue to have a highly favorable opinion of their local schools.

  The drop in the president's education approval ratings - as found in the random telephone poll of about 1,000 Americans in June - mirrored the drop in his general approval rating in other recent polls, said Shane Lopez, senior scientist in residence for Gallup.

  The education poll released Wednesday was paid for by Phi Delta Kappa. It found 34 percent gave the president a grade of A or B for his work in support of public schools, compared with 45 percent at the same time in 2009. The poll has a sampling error margin of plus or minus 3 percentage points, except for questions asked of just parents, which have a sampling error margin of plus or minus 5 percentage points.