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The survey included a grab-bag of other issues:

• Voters opposed transferring prisoners at Guantanamo to prison facilities in the U.S. by 55 percent to 37 percent. Forty-three percent believe the transfers would make the U.S. less safe while 45 percent say it would not make much of a difference.

• Fifty-eight percent said, based on the handling of the swine flu outbreak, they believed the government was very or somewhat prepared to respond to handle a terrorist attack using biological or chemical weapons, while 38 percent disagreed. However, only 15 percent of those who responded positively said the chose "very prepared."

• Forty-seven percent said the best way to control gun violence was better enforcement of existing laws while 34 percent said more laws and restrictions were needed.

• On the abortion issue, 49 percent of voters described themselves as "pro-life" while 43 percent said they were "pro-choice."

• On same-sex marriage, a third of voters said gays and lesbians should be allowed to be legally married, another third said they should be accorded status of a legal partnership but not called marriage, and 29 percent said there should be no legal recognition.