Survey: SHOH18

Stories based on the data from this survey:

Questions asked in this survey:

Do you think America basically is headed in the right direction or in the wrong direction?
In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president?
Here are a few questions about public education in America. In general, do you think our public elementary, junior and senior high schools are doing a very good job, a good job, a fair job or a poor job in educating our children?
Do you have a child currently attending a public elementary or secondary school?
(IF YES) Do you think the school your child is attending is doing a very good job, a good job, a fair job or a poor job?
Should President Bush and the Congress increase federal funding to public schools, or should funding be left to mostly to state and local government?
Should President Bush and the Congress require that each public school show improvement in teaching, or should this be left to local leaders to decide?
Should President Bush and the Congress require that schools give achievement tests every year for students in the third through eighth grade, or should this also be left to local leaders to decide?
Here are some questions about your home and community. Do you think the HOME you currently live in is as nice as the one you grew up in, is it better than the one you grew up in, or is it not as nice as the home you grew up in?
Do you think the NEIGHBORHOOD you currently live in is as nice as the one you grew up in, is it better or is it not as nice as the neighborhood you grew up in?
Do you feel traffic congestion where you LIVE is worse today than it was five years ago, is it better or is it about the same today as it was five years ago?
Here are several suggestions on how to improve traffic congestion. Which of these seems most likely to you: Traffic congestion would get better if there were better roads and highways; congestion would get better if public transportation was improved; or traffic congestion is only going to get worse no matter what we do?
Do you feel the children in your NEIGHBORHOOD have an excellent, good, fair or poor neighborhood in which to grow up?
How would you describe your NEIGHBORHOOD? Is it a great place, a good place, just OK, or not a good place in which to live?
There has been a lot of discussion lately about shortages of electricity, gasoline and natural gas. In general, do you think there is an energy crisis in this COUNTRY or are we just having some scattered, temporary problems?
Do you buy energy efficient products?
Would you be willing to spend $800 more for a car that gets better gas mileage even though you might not RECOUP all of that extra cost in fuel savings?
Would you want the federal government to control the costs of gasoline, or do you want the free market to prevail?
Would you want the federal government to control the costs of electricity, or do you want the free market to prevail?
Do you generally take a vacation each year in which you leave your home for at least a week to spend time resting some place else?
What is the most you have ever spent on a vacation?
Is there some special experience that you'd love to have-something like an exotic foreign vacation or maybe an outdoor or sports-related adventure?
The Fourth of July holiday is coming up. Do you think the founding fathers like Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin signed the Declaration of Independence because AMERICA would be better off free of England or because THEY, personally, would be better off?
The signers of the Declaration of Independence said that QUOTE,"we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor".END OF QUOTE. Do you think these men really believed they could have lost their lives for signing the declaration?
If it became necessary, do you think Americans today would be as ready to sign a proclamation calling for a revolution as were the founding fathers 225 years ago?
Here's a tough question: If you were a member of the Second Continental Congress in 1776, would you have signed the Declaration of Independence?
I'd like to ask some questions about international news. In general, do you think the newspaper you most often READ covers international news adequately, or not?
In general, do you think the television newscast you most often WATCH covers international news adequately, or not?
How many days in the past week have you read a daily newspaper?
How many days in the past week have you watched a television newscast?
How important is international news coverage to you? Is it very important, somewhat important, somewhat unimportant or very unimportant?
Here are some HEADLINES you might see in your newspaper or on Television news. As I read the headline, please tell me if you would be Very Interested, Somewhat Interested or Not Interested in the story. THE FIRST HEADLINES READS,"Forest fires spreading in Western Canada."
How about,"Sony plans major effort to capture digital TV market in U.S."
How about,"Nile floods threaten Egyptian cities"?
Syria proposes peace plan for Israel?
50 die in Chinese train wreck?
Italian president faces severe challenge at polls?
Novice pilot takes charge, saves 70 in Algerian plane crash?
Canada-U.S. trade down 10 percent as result of NAFTA?
Japanese recession may force Honda to downsize U.S. plants?
Two U.S. medical volunteers save hundreds of Iraqi children?
Nike fires 200 workers in labor dispute in Indonesia?
U.S. withdrawing aid to Sudan government?
Scottish farmer's idea may solve foot and mouth epidemic?
Mexican farm workers vital to California agriculture?
Student from China rescues missing boy in Colorado?
Israelis shell Arab bases in Lebanon?
American missionary heads effort to feed people in Thailand?
End of drought saves crops in Nigeria?
Ten from U.S. feared victims of avalanche in Switzerland?
Mexico border guards save 20 refuges?