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The upcoming presidential election has pushed polling methods into the spotlight, given that many pollsters ask respondents who still do not know who they are voting for to make a decision as if the election were being held today.

With Congress in recess, Republicans and Democrats are using the summer break to rally public support for their respective positions in the offshore drilling debate.

While voters generally do not prioritize trade issues during presidential elections, recent surveys indicate that the weak economy and rising gas prices have made more Americans willing to hear candidates talk about trade.

Twenty-three Republican Senate seats are up this year versus about half that number in Democratic seats, and fundraising by Democratic candidates and their Senate committee is outpacing that of their Republican rivals; corporations and affluent executives are funneling vast amounts of money to outside political groups to guarantee that business has sufficient Senate allies to obstruct undesirable legislation.

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Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have criticized the U.S. Supreme Court for rulings they say overly favor corporations.

A June CNN/Opinion Research poll reveals that 50 percent of voters worry that the economy could be negatively impacted by foreign trade agreements, while surveys by the Pew Research Center show an increase in Americans who believe unemployment is tied to free trade to 61 percent in April from 48 percent in December 2006.

For much of the past 25 years American governance has gravitated toward deregulation, but that tendency is being challenged by the new push for regulatory oversight in the wake of the economic downturn.

Polls find that American voters are most concerned about gasoline prices and the country's energy crisis heading into the November elections.