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Past Polls

California Supreme Court legalized gay marriage. Do you:
(Results - 380 votes)
Are 'buy back' gun programs in high crime areas a good idea to keep guns off the streets?
(Results - 285 votes)
Should it be legal to distribute Bibles in public schools?
(Results - 382 votes)
Should the federal government take on $300 billion in new mortgages to rescue some homeowners from foreclosure?
(Results - 357 votes)
Was it all right for a Chartiers Township man to shoot two hunting dogs who ran onto his property?
(Results - 499 votes)
Should Hillary Clinton end her campaign?
(Results - 814 votes)
What will you do with your stimulus rebate?
(Results - 337 votes)
Should students be required to pass a state-sanctioned test in order to graduate from high school?
(Results - 101 votes)
Should the legal definition of marriage only be between a man and a woman?
(Results - 420 votes)
Do you agree with a "gas tax holiday" proposed by Hilllary Clinton and John McCain?
(Results - 334 votes)
Are you satified with the property tax reduction from slots revenue in your school district?
(Results - 238 votes)
Should there be term limits for the PA Legislature and the US Congress?
(Results - 508 votes)
Should ministers include politics as part of their sermon?
(Results - 333 votes)
Should school board members be paid?
(Results - 303 votes)
With bread and milk prices going up are you cutting back on convenience foods?
(Results - 42 votes)
Should there be a big celebration for Washington's 200th anniversary in 2010?
(Results - 283 votes)
Should the county investigate the Washington County Jail based on rumors about federal grand jury testimony?
(Results - 223 votes)
Is John Murtha right that John McCain is too old to be president?
(Results - 733 votes)
Are you satisfied with the results of Tuesday's primary?
(Results - 263 votes)
Did you vote in Tuesday's primary?
(Results - 367 votes)
Were you offended by Obama's remark about small-town Pennsylvanians taking solace in religion and guns because they're bitter about their economic situations?
(Results - 375 votes)
Were you impressed by Barack Obama trying to bowl or by Hillary Clinton drinking a straight shot in a bar?
(Results - 316 votes)
Should the state's school funding formulas be changed to be more equal?
(Results - 404 votes)
How much is your income tax return?
(Results - 331 votes)
Should Canonsburg:
(Results - 184 votes)
Should Chelsea Clinton take questions from the press while she's campaigning for her mother?
(Results - 323 votes)
Are higher gas prices changing your driving habits?
(Results - 75 votes)
Should service animals be allowed in schools?
(Results - 625 votes)
Should the police or the courts have been notified the community that the boy accused of rape in Upper St. Clair High School was released on house arrest?
(Results - 284 votes)
Should the U.S. Attorney re-try former Allegheny County Coroner Cyril Wecht on public corruption charges?
(Results - 350 votes)
Should the government get money back that was overpaid to victims of Hurricane Katrina?
(Results - 282 votes)
Have you filed your income tax return yet?
(Results - 274 votes)
Should the city of Washington annex a section of Washington Park that lies in South Strabane to build another entrance to the park?
(Results - 458 votes)
Do you believe Pennsylvania voters discriminate against:
(Results - 273 votes)
Is President Bush’s endorsement of John McCain going to help the Republican candidate?
(Results - 51 votes)
Should school districts identify finalists for superintendent positions?
(Results - 265 votes)
Did Barack Obama's speech on race:
(Results - 357 votes)
If the primary were today, who would you vote for?
(Results - 579 votes)
Should federal judges get regular cost-of-living raises as do other federal employees?
(Results - 434 votes)
Should schools be equipped with metal detectors?
(Results - 263 votes)
Are you registered to vote in the April 22 primary?
(Results - 260 votes)
The national Democratic Party refuses to recognize convention delegates from Florida or Michigan because those states held their primaries early in violatgion of party rules. What should happen now:
(Results - 300 votes)
Do you think the United State is safer now than before 9/11?
(Results - 374 votes)
Should the state set a maximum class size in public schools?
(Results - 455 votes)
Should there be a federal shield law allowing journalists to protect the identity of confidential sources?
(Results - 244 votes)
Do you support the building of a new high school in Bethel Park?
(Results - 231 votes)
Should 17-year-olds who will be 18 before the November election be allowed to vote in the primary?
(Results - 390 votes)
Should former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer be prosecuted for patronizing prostitutes?
(Results - 359 votes)
Should Pennsylvania pass a law against talking on a cell phone while driving?
(Results - 409 votes)
Do you celebrate St. Patrick's Day?
(Results - 521 votes)
Are you angry that OPEC won't increase production to help bring oil prices down?
(Results - 346 votes)
Is the fight between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for Pennsylvania delegates going to hurt the Democratic bid for president?
(Results - 46 votes)
Are you looking forward to seeing presidential candidates while they're campaigning in Pennsylvania?
(Results - 384 votes)
Will you see Bill Clinton when he visits Washignton County today?
(Results - 275 votes)
Did you remember to turn your clocks ahead Saturday night?
(Results - 371 votes)
Should casinos in Allegheny County be exempt from the 10 percent liquor tax?
(Results - 34 votes)
Should there be representatives of townships and boroughs on the county panel that recommends how to allocate economic development funds from the slots revenue?
(Results - 443 votes)
Do you play the lottery?
(Results - 17 votes)
Do you buy a powerball ticket:
(Results - 276 votes)
Should "super delegates" have the power to determine the Democratic presidential nominee?
(Results - 311 votes)
Should The New York Times have published a story implying an improper relationship between John McCain and a female lobbyist eight years ago?
(Results - 307 votes)
To preserve Medicare, should the government freeze reimbursement rates to health care providers?
(Results - 202 votes)
Should authorities release the name of the 14-year-old Upper St. Clair student who is facing rape, assault and other charges?
(Results - 656 votes)
Were you saddened by Myron Cope’s death?
(Results - 42 votes)
Were you saddened by Myron Cope's death?
(Results - 406 votes)
Is the national media hitting the key issues in the race for U.S. President?
(Results - 20 votes)
Does Washington County need a convention center of the size proposed for Southpointe II?
(Results - 289 votes)
Should adult adoptees be allowed to access their original birth certificates?
(Results - 302 votes)
What will you do with your tax rebate:
(Results - 344 votes)
Should Canon-McMillan School Board Director Nick Cianelli resign?
(Results - 1026 votes)
Should the six Guantanamo Bay detainees facing the death penalty for the Sept. 11 attacks be tried by a military tribunal or in a civilian court?
(Results - 225 votes)
Did you have to memorize or at least read Lincoln's Gettysburg address when you were in school?
(Results - 348 votes)
A Southern Baptist pastor is being investigated by the IRS for personally endorsing Mike Huckabee for president on church stationery. Should this be illegal?
(Results - 293 votes)
Are you aware of dog fighting in Washington or Greene counties?
(Results - 620 votes)
Should the state place a tax of 7 cents per $100 on property insurance premiums?
(Results - 330 votes)
Should the state make $400 grants to low-income families?
(Results - 300 votes)
Should the federal tax rebate plan be expanded to cover senior citizens, disabled veterans and the unemployed who do not make enough to pay taxes?
(Results - 340 votes)
Is it proper that six of the eight members of the Washington County committee set up to evaluate applications for shares of slot machine revenue be offiiclals of agencies seeking the money?
(Results - 354 votes)
Do you believe that hoarding animals can be considered a "disorder?"
(Results - 438 votes)
Do you still have a "land line" telephone in your house?
(Results - 398 votes)
Do you approve of two Georgia schools paying $8 an hour to students who attend study hall for four hours a week?
(Results - 315 votes)
The number of businesses looking for ways to control the activities of their employees away from the workplace is increasing. Companies claim they are trying to contain medical costs by regulating the personal habits of employees. Do you support these eff
(Results - 100 votes)
Would you support Gov. Rendell for vice president?
(Results - 444 votes)
Did you watch the Super Bowl?
(Results - 540 votes)
Allentown police are investigating pornographic cell phone pictures of two girls that are circulating in a school. Is it ok to charge students who have the pictures with child pornography, even though most of them are children and at least one girl posed?
(Results - 428 votes)
Should Canon-McMillan offer early retirement incentives to their teachers?
(Results - 653 votes)
Are Bill Clinton's attacks on Barack Obama hurting his wife's presidential campaign?
(Results - 288 votes)
Do you approve of the tax rebates agreed to be President Bush and Congress?
(Results - 269 votes)
Should Matt Staniszewski:
(Results - 868 votes)
Are you afraid of being audited by the Internal Revenue Service?
(Results - 442 votes)
Should students have to pass new state-sanctioned tests to graduate from high school?
(Results - 369 votes)
If the U.S. electorate has increasingly been ready for a woman president, why hasn't there been one? Is there bias against coverage of women candidates?
(Results - 38 votes)
Should state troopers impersonate highway employees to catch speeders?
(Results - 359 votes)
Do you support a 30-mill tax increase on land to address the city of Washington's financial problems? (The tax on buildings will remain the same.)
(Results - 244 votes)
Should Congress approve tax rebates to stimulate the economy?
(Results - 296 votes)
Are you a registered voter?
(Results - 543 votes)