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• Give me your best guess on this question. Do you personally belong to any group or organization that employs lobbyists?
• There are thousans of people in Washington who are paid to talk to members of Congress about pending legislation on behalf of individuals, corporations and many other groups. These peole are called lobbyists. Doyou think lobbyists have a tremendousamount of influence, some influence, only a little influence or hardly any influence on pending legislation?
• Do you think the country is headed on the right track orthe wrong track?
• Does it seem to you that people, in general, have become less civil and less polite when they talk about the federal government, have they become more civil and polite or has there been no change in how civil and polite people are when they talk about the federal government?
• Are you personally more angry at the federal government than you used to be?
• Does it seem to you that people you know are more angry with the federal government these days than they used to be?
• Here are a few questions about your feelings about the federal govenrnment based in Washington. Generally, do you think the work the goverment is doing is making your own life better, making it worse or having no effect upon you?
• Do you think america basically is headed in the right direction or the wrong direction?
• Do you think America is bascially headed in the right directionor the wrong direction?
• Do you think America basically is headed in the right direction or in the wrong directiion?
• I'd like to ask you a few questions about your feelings about the federal government based in Washington, D.C. 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?
• Ae you, personally, more angry at the federal government than you used to be?
• Do you think America basically is headed in the right direction or in the wrong direction?
• In general, how important do you believe open public access to government records and information is? Do you believe that public access is critical to the functioning of good government, or do you believe that it plays only a minor role?
• How do you get most of your information about the actions and activities of state and local government? Do you get most of your information from newspapers, from television, or from some other source?
• I want to ask how interested you are in the actions and activities of various levels of government. So when it comes to your state and local governments, would you say you are very interested, somewhat interested, somewhat uninterested or completely uninteested?
• How about the federal government
• Have you attended a local govenrment hearing or meeting?
• Have you attended a federal government hearing or meeting?
• The federal govenrment and most state governments have laws concerning public access to government information and the public's right to attend meetings, These are often referred to as 'freedom of information" or "right to know" or "sunshine" laws. Do you genrally feel these laws give you and other Americans too much, too little or just about the right amount of access to government records and information?
• Do these sunshine laws give you too much, too little or the right amount of access to government meetings and hearings?
• Do thse laws give you too much, too little or the right amount of access to court records?
• Some believe government records should be considered public records and that information should be withheld only if a govrnment agency can show that release of the inform ation would do harm. Others belive that it is the responsiblity of government to protect the information it hold and that record should be made public only if the citizen can make a sound legal case for its release. Which of those comes closer to your view?
• Many state and local courts allow cameras into courtrooms during trials so that citizens can watch them on television. Do you think this is a good idea or bad idea?
• Do you think America basically is headed in the right direction or the wrong direction?
• 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?
• Overall, do you think America historically has been correct in most of its decisions to go to war?
• 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?
• 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?