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Poll: Obama edges out Hill GOPers
By MJ LEE | 1/13/12 6:48 AM EST Updated: 1/13/12 7:32 AM EST
By a slim margin, Americans would rather President Barack Obama have more influence over the direction of the country than Republicans in Congress, according to a new Gallup Poll released Friday.
The survey finds that 46 percent would prefer that the president set the course of the country in the next year, while 42 percent said they would like congressional Republicans to do so.
Obama has been slightly more preferred on this question since the beginning of 2011, prior to which more Americans had thought GOP lawmakers should play the bigger role in directing the country.
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