Table 1. Presidential corrup-tion: A framework.

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Table 2. Fortune Maga-zine's top 25 lobbying firms, 2000.

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Table 3. Fortune Maga-zine's top 25 lobbying groups, 2000.

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Table 4. Importance of political corruption (or corruption in government) to respondents, in percent-ages.

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Table 5. Public opinion on whether corrupt political leaders are a problem, in percentages.

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Table 6. The most important issue to survey respondents, in percentages.

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Table 7. The importance of corruption and ethics on a respondent's 2008 presidential vote, in percent-ages.

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Table 8. The most important issue determining a respondent's 2006 congressional vote, in percent-ages.

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Table 9. Attitudes regarding whether corruption is part of the way things work in the United States or whether government can run without corruption, in percentages.

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