Week in Polls: March 9

Confidence in President Obama and the economy grows.

Americans Weigh In - Congress loses a popularity contest, the number of interracial marriages in the United States reaches all-time high, President Obama gets kudos for fiscal cliff dealings, plus more national polls. – Joyce Jones and Britt Middleton
Dodd Frank - The bill rolls back provisions in the landmark Dodd Frank Wall Street reform legislation that aimed to curb the risky derivatives trading that led to the 2008 financial crisis. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Educational Inequality in Public Schools - In a sad testament to schools nationwide, a study released on March 7 by the Campaign for High School Equity, a coalition of leading civil rights and education advocacy organizations, found that minority students are more likely to have the least experienced teachers and experience harsher punishments than their peers.(Photo: Times-Picayune/Landov)
/content/dam/betcom/images/2012/03/National-03-01-03-15/030812-national-week-in-polls-traveling-work.jpgObama Gets a Thumbs Up - Obama’s popularity is holding steady at 45 percent, according to Gallup’s daily tracking poll of the president’s job performance released March 7.(Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Americans Believe Economy Is Looking Up - Is the economic glass half full or empty? Well, according to a Gallup poll released March 5, 40 percent of Americans believe the U.S. economy is growing, a sizeable jump from 27 percent last April and a mere 3 percent in 2008. Despite the more positive numbers, 46 percent still believe the economy is in either a recession or a depression.(Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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