Poll watch
What percentage of Americans say Penn State football coach Joe Paterno should’ve gone to the police when he learned of sexual assault allegations against Jerry Sandusky?
By a 79% to 9% margin, Americans say Penn State football coach Joe Paterno should’ve gone to the police when he learned of sexual assault allegations against his former assistant coach in 2002.
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President Obama maintains a narrow, 1.4 percent lead over Mitt Romney in an aggregation of seven polls. In these combined polls, Obama leads Herman Cain by 9 percent, Rick Perry by 9 percent, and Newt Gingrich by 10 percent.
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