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• I am going to list sources that provide information about the presidential campaign. Please tell me if they have been useful sources of information about the campaign. What about the early evening national news on CBS, NBC or ABC? Have these been useful sources of information about the campaign for you?
• What about Cable News Network, also called CNN. Is it a useful source of information about the campaign for you?
• What about the Fox News cable channel?
• What about CNBC?
• What about local TV news in your viewing area which usually comes on before or after the national news in the evening and again later at night? Is the local TV news program a useful source of information about the campaign for you?
• What about the News Hour with Jim Lehrer?
• What about the Today Show, Good Morning America or the Early Show? Are any of these useful sources of news about the campaign for you?
• What about "The O'Reilly Factor" with Bill O'Reilly?
• What about "Hannity and Colmes" with Sean Hannity?
• What about "Countdown with Keith Olbermann"?
• What about shows like the Colbert Report or "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart?
• What about National Public Radio also called NPR?
• What about Rush Limbaugh's radio show?
• What about other talk radio shows?
• What about news magazines such as Time, U.S. News and Newsweek? Are they useful sourcs of news about the campaign or not?
• What about a daily newspaper?
• What about Internet news websites such as Google News or Yahoo News?
• What about network TV news such as CNN.com or MSNBC.com?
• What about grocery store tabloids such as National Enquirer? Are these a useful source of news about the campaign for you?
• What about the websites of major natonal newspapers such as USA Today.com, New York Times.com or the Wall Street Journal online?
• What about online blogs where people discuss events in the news?
• What about the websites of one or more of the candidates? Are they useful sources of news about the campaign or not?
• What about the websites of one or more of the political parties?
• Do you think America basically is headed in the right direction or the wrong directiion?
• Do you consider yourself to be a strong Democrat, an independent leaning Democrat, an independent with no leanings, an independent leaning Republican or a strong Republican? (Half the respondents were asked the question with order of anssers reversed so that they began with "strong Republican."
• Do you consider yourself to be a strong Republican, an independent leaning Republican, an independent with no leanings, a leaning Democrat or a strong Democrat? See Question 3 for compilation. This is same question with ansswer order reversed.
• Do you think political parties are as important today as they were 20 or 30 years ago, or do you think political parties are less important today than in the past?
• During your lifetime, have your feelings abut the political parties in America changed or have your feelings mostly stayed the same?
• Would say that you have become more loyal or less loyal to a political party as you'v grown older?
• Did you vote in a presidential primary this year?
• Which candidate did you vote for?
• Did you participate in a presidential caucus this year?
• Which candidate did you vote for?
• If the major candidates in November are Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama, who wuld you want to see elected?
• If the major presidential candidates in November are Republican John McCain and Democrat Hillary Clinton, who would you want to see elected?
• Did you vote in the 2004 Novmber presidential election betwen Republican George Bush and Democrat John Kerry?
• For whom did ypu vote then, Kerry or Bush?
• Do you think america basically is headed in the right direction or the wrong direction?
• I'd like to ask some questions about ththe 2008 presidential candidates and whether you think Americans are ready to accept such candidates. So do you think most Americans will accept a black president or not?
• Do you think most Americans will accept a president who is very wealthy or not?
• Will most Americans accept a woman president or not?
• Will most Americans accept a president who supports abortion rights or not?
• Will most Americans accept a president who starts office at age 72 or not?
• Will most Americans accept a president who smoked marijuana when very young or not?
• Will most Americans accept a president who currently smokes tobacco or not?
• Will most Americans accept a president who tried cocaine as a young adult or nnot?
• Will most Americans accept a white president who adopted a black child or not?
• Will most Americans accept a president who voted for the Iraq war while in Congress or not?
• Will most Americans accept a president who has very little government experience or not?
• Will most Americans accept a president who has very little government experience or not?
• Will most Americans accept a president who's lived in Washington, D.C. for more than 20 years or not?
• In general do you approve or disapprove of the job George W, Bush is doing as president?
• In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president?
• Do you think America basically is headed in the right direction or the wrong direction?
• In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president?
• Do you think America basically is headed in the right directon or the wrong directon?
• In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president?
• Would you say you are tired of the presidential campaign and will be glad when it is over, or are you not tired ot it?
• Would you say these ads tend to be offensive or not offensive to you, personally?
• As a whole, would you say these ads have generally been accurate or have they not been accurate about the candidates and the issues?
• Would you say that you find these ads to be useful in helping you follow the issues in the race?
• Have you seen any of the political advertisements about the presidential race on television?
• How certain are you that you will vote for this man?
• Well, which candidate would you say you are leaning toward right now, Kerry or Bush?
• How much attention would you say you have been giving to the presidential election? Would you say you have been following the race very closely, somewhat closely or not too closely?
• The major candidats for president this year are Republican George W. Bush and Democrat John Kerry. If the election were held today, from whom would you vote?
• How often would you say you vote in major elections for president, governor or U.S. senator? Would yu ay you always vote in these elections, almost always vote in them, usually vote, sometimes vote or rarely vote in them?
• Are you currently registered to vote at the address where you now live?
• Would you like to see President Bush be re-elected to a second term, or is it time for someone new?
• In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president?
• Do you think America basically is headed in the right direction or in the wrong direction?
• Do you think America basically is headed in the right direction or in the wrong direction?
• 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?
• Would you like to see President Bush be re-elected to a second term, or is it time for someone new?
• As you know, the United States sent troops into Iraq to force it to disarm its weapons of mass destruction. Are you absolutely certain, pretty certain or not certain that this was the correct thing to do?
• In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president?
• Recently there has been talk about allowing gays and lesbians to marry a partner of the same sex. What do you think about same-sex marriage? Do you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose, or strongly oppose same sex-marriage, or do you have no opinion on the matter?
• If your representative in Congress supported a law allowing gays and lesbians to marry, would that affect your vote to re-elect that member of Congress? Would you be more likely to vote for that person, less likely to vote for that person, or would it make no difference at all in your vote?
• What if your representative in Congress supported a law allowing gays and lesbians to form civil unions? Would that affect your vote to re-elect your member of Congress? Would you be more likely to vote for that person, less likely to vote for that person, or would it make no difference at all in your vote?
• Think about how honest the typical candidate for Congress is. By comparison, how honest would a gay male candidate likely be? Much more honest than the typical candidate, somewhat more honest, no difference, somewhat less honest, or much less honest?
• What about moral? How moral would a gay male candidate be compared to the typical candidate for Congress? Would he be much more moral than the typical candidate, somewhat more moral, no difference, somewhat less moral, or much less moral?
• What about strong? How strong would a gay male candidate be compared to the typical candidate for Congress? Would he be much stronger than the typical candidate, somewhat stronger, no difference, somewhat weaker, or much weaker?
• Think about how competent the typical candidate for Congress is on the following issues. By comparison, how competent would a gay male candidate likely be on education? Would he be much more competent, somewhat more competent, no difference, somewhat less competent, or much less competent.
• What about military issues? How competent would a gay male candidate be compared to the typical candidate for congress? Would he be much more competent, somewhat more competent, no difference, somewhat less competent, or much less competent
• What about on taxes? How competent would a gay male candidate be compared to the typical candidate for congress? Would he be much more competent, somewhat more competent, no difference, somewhat less competent, or much less competent.
• Again, please think about how honest the typical candidate for Congress is. Now, by comparison, how honest would a lesbian woman candidate likely be? Would she be much more honest than the typical candidate, somewhat more honest, no difference, somewhat less honest, or much less honest?
• What about moral? How moral would a lesbian woman candidate be compared to the typical candidate for Congress? Would she be much more moral than the typical candidate, somewhat more moral, no difference, somewhat less moral, or much less moral?
• What about strong? How strong would a lesbian woman candidate be compared to the typical candidate for Congress? Would she be much stronger than the typical candidate, somewhat stronger, no difference, somewhat weaker, or much weaker?
• What about military issues? How competent would a lesbian woman candidate be compared to the typical candidate for Congress? Would she be much more competent, somewhat more competent, no different, somewhat less competent, or much less competent?
• If a candidate for Congress said publicly that he is gay, would that make you more likely to vote for him, more likely to vote against him or would it have no effect on your vote?
• If a candidate for Congress said publicly that she is lesbian, would that make you more likely to vote for her, more likely to vote against her or would it have no effect on your vote?
• If a candidate for Congress said publicly that she is lesbian, would that make you more likely to vote for her, more likely to vote against her or would it have no effect on your vote?
• If a candidate for Congress said publicly that she is lesbian, would that make you more likely to vote for her, more likely to vote against her or would it have no effect on your vote?
• If a candidate for Congress said publicly that she is lesbian, would that make you more likely to vote for her, more likely to vote against her or would it have no effect on your vote?
• I'd like to ask you a few questions about your feelings about the federal government based in Washington, DC. Generally, do you think the work the government is doing is making your own life better, making it worse, or having no effect upon you?
• Does it seem to you that the people you know personally are more angry with the federal government these days than they used to be?
• Are you, personally, more angry at the federal government than you used to be?
• Only half of the adults in America voted in last year's presidential election. Do you think this was because people feel their vote doesn't count or people are disenchanted with politics or people didn't have time to vote or for some other reason?
• Here are some suggestions that have been made for improving our voting system and increasing voter turnout. Tell me whether you would approve or disapprove of each. So do you approve or disapprove of allowing Voting by mail?
• Do you approve or disapprove of allowing voting online or by using a home computer?
• How about having elections on Sunday rather than Tuesday?
• How about making Election Day a national holiday?
• How about banning television projections of the outcome of an election?
• Do you think you are more likely to vote or less likely to vote next month as a result of the terrorist attack?
• In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president?
• 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?
• 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?
• 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?
• In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president?
• In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president?
• Here are some important issues facing America: our war on terrorism, peace in the Middle East, improving the American economy, protecting Social Security, improving Health Care, improving education and reducing the federal budget deficit. Of all the issues I just mentioned, which one is the most important to you?
• Give me your best guess about what percentage of the members of the U.S. House of Representatives are female?
• What percentage of the House of Representatives do you think are Asian?
• What percentage [of the House of Representatives] do you think are black?
• What percentage [of the House of Representatives] do you think are Hispanic or Latino?
• Although there are many different kinds of people in politics, do you think the largest group of politicians is very liberal, liberal, moderate, conservative or very conservative?
• How well do each of these terms describe the typical politician, such as a candidate running for the U.S. House of Representatives? When I say the typical politician is qualified, is that an EXTREMELY WELL, QUITE WELL, NOT TOO WELL,or NOT WELL AT ALL description of the typical politician.
• When I say the typical politician is sophisticated, is that an EXTREMELY WELL, QUITE WELL, NOT TOO WELL or NOT WELL AT ALL description ot the typical politician?