US President Barack Obama speaks during a town hall meeting at Rhenus Sports Arena in Strasbourg, eastern France on April 3, 2009. (LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP/Getty Images)
Is America moving to the left?
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Several pundits suggested in November that the election of Barack Obama, and a strengthened Democratic majority, indicated that America's center of gravity had shifted to the left. But do the president's high approval ratings, and a move toward bigger government, mean Americans are becoming more liberal?
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Charles Franklin: Professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and co-developer of the Web site Pollster.com.
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Alex Bratty: Vice president of Public Opinion Strategies, a political and public affairs survey research firm.
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Dante Chinni: Correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor's Patchwork Nation project.
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