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POLL: Poll: Public split on whether Republicans will try to work with Obama

Do you think the Republicans in Congress will try to work with Barack Obama in order to get things done, or won't they?

Work with Obama 46% Not work with Obama 45% Don't know/Not applicable 9%
Source: CBS News/New York Times
Date conducted: 1/15/2011 - 1/19/2011
Sample: 1,036 adults
Margin of error: +/- 3% pts
More About: CBS , Issue , New York Times , Republican Party

According to This Poll

While 46 percent of Americans think Republicans in Congress will try to work with President Obama, 45 percent disagree, according to a CBS News/New York Times poll. Nine percent of those polled said they don't know.

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