Our national survey of 900 randomly selected adults ages 18 to 64 paints a vivid picture of a nation much happier in bed than in the voting booth.

There's no denying Americans are having sex -- lots of sex -- often with more than one partner (often at the same time). Almost half of all adults (47 percent) report having sex at least once a week. In fact, more people under 40 have sex at least once a week than vote for president once every four years.

Speaking of quantity, nearly a quarter (23 percent) of Americans have taken part in a threesome. So next time you're bored during an office meeting, look around the room and guess which one out of every four co-workers has crossed a ménage à trois off his or her sexual to-do list. And don't assume the one who wears the WHAT WOULD JESUS DO? bracelet hasn't. More than half (55 percent) of the people who attend church every week consider themselves to be "sexually adventurous." The myth of the chaste churchgoer is just that -- a myth.

Pornography? Congress may battle over its availability and the Supreme Court over its definition, but half (51 percent) of all Republicans and two thirds (67 percent) of all Democrats have watched it with their sexual partners. As it turns out, women (regardless of political party) are more likely than men to have watched porn with their partners (66 percent of women versus 57 percent of men). And speaking of partners, one quarter of all Republicans (25 percent) and a third of all Democrats (35 percent) have had more than 10 sexual partners (in their lifetime, not all at once). Those are higher percentages than vote in some congressional and local elections.

One reason Democrats have more sexual partners may be that they lose their virginity earlier than Republicans -- but not that much earlier. Almost a third (31 percent) of GOPers report waiting until they were 20 or older to engage in sex, compared with 23 percent of Democrats, but that also means the majority from both parties aren't waiting until their wedding night or even high school graduation. Are parents really surprised?

Could this emerging statistical parity among Americans of both political persuasions suggest we are in the midst of a red state-blue state sexual renaissance? And how many presidential candidates can even spell renaissance? Now there's a question for the next presidential debate. But I digress...

Henry Kissinger famously said, "Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac," and he was right. Only 57 percent of Americans would definitely say no to a one-night stand in the Oval Office with a president they found physically and sexually attractive. In fact, 23 percent of all Republicans and 24 percent of all Democrats would definitely or probably say yes. (Question for the next poll: How would the numbers change if the assignation were to take place somewhere other than the Oval Office?)

Note that in our question we asked about a president the respondent found "physically and sexually attractive.'' Apparently, these terms do not mean the same thing. Americans of both parties say they are more turned on by intelligence than by physical appearance. Bill Clinton says as much when he talks about the "success" of his 32-year marriage: "I still would rather spend the night talking to her than anybody I can think of." Ponder the implications. People obviously have their figures of fantasy, but at some point most of them prefer someone who can balance a checkbook -- or wants to be president. Even among 18- to 29-year-olds -- the group in the sweet spot of its sexually active years -- 40 percent rate intelligence as more of a turn-on than physical attractiveness.

Lest you take these indications of sexual enthusiasm to mean morality in America is dead, our survey also revealed that values are alive and well in the 21st century. We asked our participants seven questions to reflect the so-called seven deadly sins (lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride). While only eight percent of us would claim absolute purity, just 25 percent of the population consider themselves guilty of committing four or more of the deadly seven. The chief cause of transgression? Pride. A whopping 84.7 percent of respondents admit they have succumbed to it. The other weaknesses people will confess? Greed, envy, wrath, sloth, gluttony and, in last place, surprisingly, lust. Go figure.