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A new poll provided troubling news for the Herman Cain campaign, after 39 percent of Americans told the Pew Research Center that they believed the allegations of sexual assault during his time as president of the National Restaurant Association were true, versus just 24 percent who did not.

The poll was conducted over the past weekend, before additional allegations from former restaurant association employee Sharon Bialek surfaced Monday.

The poll also found that 43 percent of those who had heard about the allegations thought that coverage of the situation had been fair, versus 24 percent who said that it had been too tough and 14 percent who believed it had been too easy. Cain has charged that the media has sensationalized the story to hurt his campaign.

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