South Carolina Gov. Sanford and American attitudes on extra-marital affairs
Friday, June 26th, 2009
By: Dave Heller
dheller@whyy.org
South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford's notoriety this week puts the spotlight on him, and American attitudes on extra-marital affairs. Is the public rethinking attitudes on the matter? Dave and Frank discuss the numbers in this week's What Are We Thinking?
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Other Topics:
- How prevalent are extra-marital affairs in the U.S. today?
- How does the public judge sexual liaisons between unmarried people these days?
- President Barack Obama this week admitted that he at least occasionally still smokes. Obama has a Harvard Law degree, so is smoking generally less prevalent among those with high levels of education?
- President Obama's approval rating and the approval rating for Congress?