on Venezuelan polls, etc

2004-08-08 Thread michael a. lebowitz
Re: Loath by the rich: Why Hugo Chavez is heading for a stunning victory by Perelman, Michael 08 August 2004 03:03 UTC Thread Index Right wing polls show Chavez loosing. Isn't that correct, Michael L? With the possibility of fraud, can we really expect a victory? --- Michael, All

more polls

2004-06-02 Thread Devine, James
POLL: Many Americans Still Unsure Whom To Vote Against. WASHINGTON, DC-According to Gallup Poll results released Monday, 6 percent of Americans are still undecided about whether to vote against President Bush or Democratic challenger John Kerry in November's presidential election. At first, I

Re: if you believe polls...

2004-05-28 Thread Michael Hoover
of respondents also said they want the U.S. to pull out of Iraq, up seven percent from last month. for public opinion poll junkies... re. above, since fdr, only carter and bush the first began re-election bid year above 50% in polls and lost (bush the second started this year above 50%)... also

if you believe polls...

2004-05-25 Thread Devine, James
from MS SLATE's news summary: the [Washington] Post goes Page One with a poll concluding that Bush's support is continuing to drop, with the president now getting a 47 percent approval rating, the lowest the Post has ever recorded for Bush. Forty percent of respondents also said they want the

Re: Re: Re: US opinion polls

2003-03-24 Thread Peter Dorman
this information, either for the present or the recent past? Peter Yes I've posted quite a bit on this. Here's the latest. Other polls tell pretty much the same story. Another stunning factoid: only 17% of US respondents could give the correct number of Iraqis among the 9/11 hijackers (0

Re: Re: US opinion polls

2003-03-23 Thread Doug Henwood
(i.e. conditional probabilities)? Does anyone on this list have this information, either for the present or the recent past? Peter Yes I've posted quite a bit on this. Here's the latest. Other polls tell pretty much the same story. Another stunning factoid: only 17% of US respondents could

Re: Re: Re: US opinion polls

2003-03-23 Thread k hanly
! Cheers, Ken Hanly - Original Message - From: Doug Henwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 5:54 PM Subject: [PEN-L:35999] Re: Re: US opinion polls

US opinion polls

2003-03-22 Thread Peter Dorman
The New York Times presented more polling data today. One question that interests me is how opinion is split based on the role of disinformation. Specifically, how do the percentages of those for or against the war differ depending on whether respondents believe that Iraq was responsible for

Re: US opinion polls

2003-03-22 Thread Michael Perelman
Doug Henwood posted data on this to his list. Maybe he could resend them here. There was a striking difference according whether or not people held the evil Saddam responsible for 9-11 or not. On Sat, Mar 22, 2003 at 01:13:07PM -0800, Peter Dorman wrote: The New York Times presented more

More polls

2003-03-19 Thread k hanly
Negative Views of U.S. Are Increasing in Europe, Poll Finds By CHRISTOPHER MARQUIS and MARJORIE CONNELLY The New York Times WASHINGTON, March 19 As the Bush administration drives toward war in Iraq (news - web sites), resentment and hostility are building toward America in general and Mr. Bush

Polls etc.

2003-03-18 Thread k hanly
Other countries' opposition to the Bush administration's policy on Iraq is not hard to explain. Just look at the public-opinion polls taken within the past month. Start with the United States and Britain, the coalition of the most willing. How do the American and British

Reuters: Kurdish Party Challenges Turkish Polls

2002-11-02 Thread Sabri Oncu
Challenges Turkish Polls Fri Nov 1,11:04 AM ET By Ayla Jean Yackley HAZRO, Turkey (Reuters) - The fragile peace that has fallen on Turkey's war-scarred and poverty-stricken southeast has brought neither jobs, new industry nor a return to the former pastoral way of life. Many here instead count

Re: polls

2000-09-19 Thread Brad DeLong
Can someone please tell me why voter.com's poll is so out-of-whack with all the other polls?

[PEN-L:9751] Recent Polls on Taxing the Rich and Spending the Surplus

1999-07-31 Thread Nathan Newman
For just how disconnected the DC debate on tax cuts are from what the public wants (and how sad the progressive movement is for not stirring up more outrage), here are some recent poll numbers on taxes and spending. What is amazing is how deep the well of interest is in hitting the rich with

[PEN-L:649] Re: Polls on class self-id?

1995-10-05 Thread Doug Henwood
At 9:30 AM 10/5/95, R. Anders Schneiderman wrote: A while back, someone posted some very interesting poll numbers showing that when you ask people to self-identify their class, most say "middle class", but if you give them a range of choices that include "working class," the numbers shift

[PEN-L:656] Re: Polls on class self-id?

1995-10-05 Thread Mark A. Nadler
I'm in the process of studying how various introductory courses in neo-classical economics change prison students' political conservatism and economic sophistication. We asked students to self-identify their family's social class from a range of options. What surprised me was that 48%