Republicans, Democrats Differ on Security Versus Civil Liberties in Subway

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NEW YORK (AP) - A large majority of the city's registered voters support random bag searches of bus and subway passengers, according to a poll released Friday.

In a Quinnipiac University survey of 1,601 voters, 72 percent favored the searches while 25 percent opposed them. Support was solid among blacks, whites and Hispanics.

Random searches of packages and backpacks carried by people entering New York City subways began last month after the bomb attacks against London's transit system.

The searches have raised some questions about civil liberties, however, and 55 percent of those polled said government security measures should not violate basic civil liberties.

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