Finally, something people can agree on: The economy's bad.

Really.

A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll taken Nov. 13-15 found that 82 percent of American adults contacted for the survey said the economy was poor.

And while Americans are looking for someone to blame, they appear to be shifting some of that burden from the Republicans to the Democrats.

Sixty-one percent of adults oppose using public funds to pay for abortions for women who may be covered by a government health insurance system, and 51 percent say women covered by private insurance should not have coverage that pays for abortion, according to a CNN poll taken Nov. 13-15.

The same poll found that 56 percent favor creating a federally run health insurance program to compete with private insurance companies, and 66 percent said state governments should not be allowed to decide whether the federal insurance would apply everyone in the state.

The CNN poll found the public evenly split 49 percent-49 percent on whether the government should require everyone in the country to obtain health insurance, and 66 percent were opposed to cutting back federal spending on managed care programs under Medicare.

Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is all over the airwaves these days but two recent polls indicate she's far from being America's sweetheart -- or presidential timber.

A telephone poll of 873 adults conducted Nov. 13-15 by CBS News showed 23 percent have a favorable view of the former Alaska governor. That matches her favorable rating in July, when Palin announced she was resigning from her job as governor.

Thirty-eight percent, meanwhile, have an unfavorable view of her -- also roughly matching her July rating. Another 37 percent say they are undecided or haven't heard enough. The poll's margin of error was plus or minus 3 percentage points.

On the political side, a CNN poll indicated fewer than three in 10 Americans think Palin is qualified to be president.

A CNN poll taken Oct. 30-Nov. 1 shows an eerie similarity between public opinion now on the Obama administration's plans to overhaul the nation's health care system and the way sentiment looked when the Clinton administration tried to make similar changes in the mid 1990s.

Obama gets slightly worse marks for trying to cooperate with Republicans than President Clinton received in September of 1995. People now are evenly divided 49 percent to 49 percent over whether the president has done enough to reach out to Republicans on the health care issue. The same poll in 1995 found that President Clinton was seen as a bit more cooperative with the opposition 51 percent to 38 percent.

Republicans 14 years ago weren't seen as any more cooperative than they are now. In the latest poll, as in the one in 1995, 31 percent of the respondents said the GOP was cooperating. But now there's a slight uptick in how many people see them as uncooperative, 67 percent, versus 57 percent in 1995.

Here is what the exit polls said about the Barack Obama-John McCain contest::

New York Times:

• The exit polls showed that, nationally, twice as many Obama voters (56 percent) were excited about him as McCain voters (28 percent) are excited about their candidate

CNN:

• Obama led McCain among Hispanics 67 percent to 30 percent. In 2004, Bush drew 40 percent of that vote. in his home state, McCain trailed Obama among Hispanics 61 percent to 36 percent. In Florida, where Cuban-Americans have traditionally moved the Hispanic vote behind Republicans, Obama is winning 57 percent to 42 percent.
• Twenty percent of voters said race was an important factor in their decision and Obama won among those 55 percent to 44 percent.
• Twice as many voters said McCain's age was an important factor as those who cited race, and they voted for Obama 78 percent to 21 percent.
• Voters under 29 backed Obama by more than 2 to 1.
• Sixty percent said Sarah Palin was not qualified to be President.
• The number of late-deciders was small. Only 7 percent said they made up their minds in the last three days.

Associated Press

• Six in 10 voters name the economy as the top issue.
• None of the other issues - energy, Iraq, terrorism or health care - was picked by more than one in 10.
• Half of voters said the economy was poor and nearly all the rest said it was not good.
• Half of voters are very worried the economic crisis will harm their family's finances and a third were somewhat worried.
• More than half oppose the $700 billion government bail-out plan.
• Two-thirds of voters were worriewd about being able to afford health care.
• One in 10 voters said they were casting ballots for the first time and 6 in 10 were under 30.
• Message to pollsters: a quarter of new voters don't have landlines at home, only cell phones.
• Six in 10 voters said future appointments to the Supreme Court were an important factor in their decision.
• Two-thirds of voters favor drilling for oil in offshore waters where it is currently not allowed.

CBS News:

• Three-quarters of voters said the country was on the wrong track and almost as many disapproved of the performance of President Bush and Congress.
• Thirty-six percent of voters were looking for a candidate who can bring change, and 30 percent said they wanted someone who shared their values.
• Sixty-six percent of voters saw McCain as the candidate running the most negative campaign and only 48 percent say Obama has attacked McCain unfairly.
• Voters believed Obama was more in touch with people like themselves by 57 percent to 40 percent.
• Sixty percent said McCain had the experience to be President compared to 50 percent for Obama.

ABC News:

• Turnout of black voters was 13 percent, just slightly higher than in 2004.