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Polls Show Public May Not Know What It Wants on Health Care Law
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- Another day, another health care poll. The latest CBS News poll shows 55 percent oppose Republican efforts to cut funding for the new health care law. Democratic rapid-response teams quickly e-mailed the CBS poll. It bolstered their argument that GOP efforts to get around the Senate's refusal to vote on repeal by zeroing out funding will backfire politically down the road. Yet the survey also tracked others in giving Republicans something to crow about: 51 percent said they disapprove of the law vs. 33 percent who approve. Further in the weeds, however, opinion was almost ...
Generic Congressional Polls: Believe Them . . . or Not?
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyIt's no surprise that the topic attracting the lion's share of the attention this campaign year is Republicans' chances of regaining control of the House after two disastrous election cycles (with the possibility that the Senate may switch hands starting to be taken seriously, as well). And perhaps one of the most-watched measures of how things are going is the generic congressional ballot. The question on the generic ballot is usually some variation of this: "If the election for the U.S. House of Representatives in November were being held today, would you vote for the Democratic candidate ...
Pollsters: Pentagon's Policy Survey May Be 'Overkill'
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (July 13) -- Talk about TMI. The Pentagon's confidential, 103-question survey e-mailed to 400,000 active-duty and reserve troops last week -- and leaked to the media two days later -- is aimed at gauging their views on lifting the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the service. But it's being viewed in social science circles as the statistical equivalent of the Powell Doctrine, and at least one senator raised concerns today that survey respondents might feel they're empowered to dictate policy decisions. Gerry Broome, AP A 103-question survey has been ...
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