The partisan divide doesn’t always apply

     This sharp division is news to no one, of course. But other recent polls also provide insights into the public's views on a variety of topics. Last month, we examined surveys of hot-button political issues and found that Americans have more in common than you would think. Here is another snapshot, using recent polls.

    4: That’s how many days a workweek should have, according to a recent survey.
    Americans don’t mind working 40 hours a week, but they want four days instead of five.
    The survey, by Rasmussen Reports, found that 53 percent of Americans would like to upend the tradition of working eight hours per day five days each week. Instead, they would work four 10-hour days. Very few – 15 percent – believe this would be bad for employees. An additional 20 percent say the change would make no difference.

    16 percent: The share of Americans who pay “a great deal" of attention to nutritional menus in restaurants. Another 26 percent pay a fair amount of attention to the labels. In all, less than half pay attention to nutritional notices when they go out for food, according to the Gallup organization. The rest want to enjoy their meal and not worry about it. 

    30 percent: The share of Americans who say drug abuse has caused trouble in their families, Gallup reports. The problem has increased. The group last asked the question in 2005, when 22 percent said drug abuse had caused family trouble.

    80 percent: An overwhelming majority of Americans -- 80 percent -- say it would be taking medical technology too far to use gene editing to make a baby more intelligent. But most Americans -- 72 percent -- are in favor of changing an unborn baby’s genetic characteristics to treat a serious disease or condition, according to the Pew Research Center. 

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