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President Bill Clinton was well known for paying close
attention to opinion polls before saying or doing anything. His
successor, George W. Bush, was equally famous for ignoring
them. My view: Presidents and policy makers have access to
information and analysis that we don't. I feel better about them
relying on that than the opinion of the guy ahead of me in line
at Whataburger when making complex foreign policy decisions.
I think that makes me an elitist, but I can live with that.
What do you think? For your assignment this week, find an
opinion poll about any public policy matter published within the
last two months. Write a 2 page essay explaining...
1 What questions were asked and how they were worded?
2. What was the poll's sample and universe? ("Sample" is who
they asked. "Universe" is the total group the sample is meant to
represent)
4. What were the results?
5. Who paid for the poll? Who conducted it? Does that matter?
6. What polling errors might have affected its accuracy or
usefulness?
7. What, if anything, should policymakers do differently as a
result of this poll?
Submit in Word. Cite your sources.
Additional Resources
Here's a great place to look for polls:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/
And another:
http://www.gallup.com/home.aspx
And another:
http://www.pollingreport.com/
And another:
http://www.cbsnews.com/feature/cbs-news-polls/
And another:
http://www.quinnipiac.edu/news-and-events/quinnipiac-
university-poll/
Here's some background on polling:
http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/education/polling_fundament
als.html
And on how to interpret polls:
http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/education/analyzing_polls.ht
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