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A slim majority of Americans, 51%, favor legalizing the use of marijuana -- similar to the 50% who supported it in 2011 and 2012, but down from a reading of 58% last year.

Americans are more likely to self-identify as conservative than as liberal on both social and economic matters. However, the conservative lead is down to 21 points on economic policy and four points on social policy.

The most important stories on Gallup.com in 2013 span politics, well-being, the economy, and education.

Sixty percent of Americans favor the death penalty for convicted murderers, the lowest level of death penalty support Gallup has measured since 1972, and down from a high of 80% in 1994.

Read about President Barack Obama's declining job approval, Americans' growing support for legalizing marijuana, Georgians' political views before the presidential election, and more in this week's review.

Gallup Editor-in-Chief Frank Newport explores Americans' changing views on marijuana legalization since 1969.

A majority of Americans support legalizing marijuana for the first time in Gallup's trend dating back to 1969. Republicans and older Americans still oppose legalization, but most young adults, Democrats, and independents favor it.

While 38% of U.S. adults admit they've tried marijuana, a much smaller percentage, 7%, say they currently smoke it. Fewer young adults have tried it today compared with in the 1970s and 1980s.

Sixty-four percent of Americans are against the U.S. government's taking steps to enforce federal anti-marijuana laws in states where marijuana is legal. But Americans are split overall on whether marijuana use should be legal.

A majority of Americans now say the government should not favor any set of values, while 44% believe it should promote traditional values. This marks a shift from 1993-2004, when a majority advocated promoting traditional values.