public opinion

Time is running out for Pennsylvanians to request a mail ballot and submit it to vote in the Nov. 5 general election. With the deadline to request a b...

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Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt has been on a whirlwind tour of, so far, 62 counties, preparing for the upcoming election. He plans to make i...

HARRISBURG — A proposal for election transparency has one state legislator going against the Department of State. At the center of the split: changes ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — With his emotional plea for America to embrace some gun control, President Barack Obama on Thursday thrust the contentious issue to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Support for legal abortion in the U.S. has edged up to its highest level in the past two years, with an Associated Press-GfK poll sh...

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — The head of Rwanda's electoral commission said late Friday partial results show Rwandans have voted to lift term limits in order...

PARIS (AP) — President Barack Obama said Tuesday that parts of the global warming deal being negotiated in Paris should be legally binding on the part...

PARIS (AP) — A survey across 40 countries around the world found most people see global warming as a serious problem, and most of them want their gove...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Big Sugar and Big Corn face off in court this week in a bitter, multibillion-dollar battle of sweeteners that boils down to a mix o...

WASHINGTON (AP) — After a steady string of mass shootings and a revival of the political fight over gun control, Americans are slightly more likely th...

Elections were being held in nine countries around the world on Sunday. Here's a look at what's at stake: — ARGENTINA: Argentines were weighing contin...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's upcoming general elections are making history by having three women campaigning to lead the nation, with one almost cer...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Just after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized nationwide same-sex marriage, tens of thousands of people gathered in front of S...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of separatist-minded Catalans swarmed Barcelona on Friday, giving enthusiastic backing to independence a...

NEW YORK (AP) — Iowa and New Hampshire are still on the horizon — but first there's the Fox primary, and the buildup to this week's first Republican p...

DENVER (AP) — The time has come for jurors to hear whether James Holmes should be executed for killing 12 people in a Colorado movie theater. But even...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Caught between kids and aging parents, the sandwich generation worries more than most Americans their age about how they'll afford t...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The latest from the bailout referendum in Greece (all times local): ___ 7:30 p.m. German Chancellor Angela Merkel will travel to...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greeks lined up at polling stations and ATMs alike Sunday as the country voted on its financial future, choosing in a referendum...