From: aa687@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Keith Ammann)
Newsgroups: freenet.pub-sq.podium,freenet.pub-sq.boomer.general,freenet.pub-sq.speakeasy,cwru.general,talk.politics.misc
Subject: Current events survey
Date: 27 Jan 1993 03:44:45 GMT
Organization: Books & Co., 2nd-largest independent bookstore in the U.S.
Reply-To: aa687@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Keith Ammann)
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This survey is part of a personal attempt to get a measure of
mainstream public opinion in the United States.  Please do not
answer this survey if you live outside the United States.  Send
replies via e-mail with your answers typed after the > at the end
of each question line.  No names will be released.  There is a
space at the end for any miscellaneous comments you might have.

ALL RESPONSES ARE VALUABLE AND DESIRED!  I don't want to be told
my results are biased because certain people didn't answer.  :-)

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Part I.  Personal data

How old are you?
   under 16                               >
   16-30                                  >
   31-50                                  >
   51-70                                  >
   over 70                                >

With what political party, if any, do
you associate yourself?                   >

Would you consider yourself:
   extreme left                           >
   very liberal                           >
   liberal                                >
   moderate-liberal                       >
   very moderate                          >
   moderate-conservative                  >
   conservative                           >
   very conservative                      >
   extreme right                          >

   other categorization (please name)     >

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Part II.  Issues

Please rate each of the following issues according to how
important you feel they are and how firm your belief in them is,
using this scale:
   0   no opinion or oppose / no interest / not important
   1   weak support / little interest / back-burner issue
   2   support with reservations / moderate interest / somewhat
         important
   3   support / strong interest / very important
   4   total support / personal hot-button / utmost importance

Some issues have two positions given.  Place your response next to
the position you espouse.  Blanks will be interpreted as '0'.  If
you believe an issue is untimely, insignificant or irrelevant,
rate the issue with a 0 or leave it blank.  Read the issue
positions as they are commonly understood, not necessarily
literally.  Please do not adjust your answers to conform to
perceived public opinion; be completely honest.  There are 42
issues and 65 positions in all.

Abortion         Pro-choice               >
                 Pro-life                 >
Aging            Help for elderly         >
Agribusiness                              >
Aid to Cities                             >
Balanced Budget                           >
Banks            Pro-banks                >
                 Anti-banks               >
Blacks           Pro-blacks               >
                 Anti-blacks              >
Business         Pro-business             >
                 Anti-business            >
Catholics        Pro-Catholics            >
                 Anti-Catholics           >
Civil Rights                              >
Consumerism                               >
Clean Government                          >
Crime Fighting                            >
Defense          Pro-defense              >
                 Anti-war                 >
Drugs            Crackdown                >
                 Legalize                 >
Education                                 >
Ethnics          Pro-ethnics              >
                 Anti-ethnics             >
Environment      Preserve environment     >
                 Exploit environment      >
Family Preservation                       >
Farms                                     >
Foreign Aid      Pro-foreign aid          >
                 Anti-foreign aid         >
Gay Rights       Pro-gay rights           >
                 Anti-gay rights          >
Gun Control      Pro-gun control          >
                 Anti-gun control         >
Health           Socialized medicine      >
                 Current health care
                    system                >
Higher Minimum Wage                       >
Highways                                  >
Hispanics        Pro-hispanics            >
                 Anti-hispanics           >
Housing                                   >
International Conflicts
                 "World policeman"        >
                 Isolationist             >
Jews             Pro-Jews                 >
                 Anti-Jews                >
Jobs                                      >
Labor            Pro-labor                >
                 Anti-labor               >
Oceans           Protect oceans           >
                 Exploit oceans           >
Oil Companies    Pro-oil companies        >
                 Anti-oil companies       >
Public Transportation                     >
Space Program                             >
States' Rights                            >
Tax Cut                                   >
Trade            Free trade               >
                 Tariffs                  >
Tyrants          Pro-tyrants              >
                 Anti-tyrants             >
Welfare Rights   Pro-welfare              >
                 Anti-welfare             >
Women's Rights   Pro-women's rights       >
                 Anti-women's rights      >

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Part III.  Agenda

Please mark the five issues from the 25 below that you believe
are most important or urgent.  Rank them from 1 to 5, 1 being the
most important.  Please also mark with X's any issues that you
think are not important or relevant at all.

Abortion                                  >
Aging                                     >
Civil Rights                              >
Consumer Affairs                          >
Corruption                                >
Crime                                     >
Cultural Diversity                        >
Defense                                   >
Drugs                                     >
Education                                 >
Energy                                    >
Environment                               >
Family Issues                             >
Farms                                     >
Finance                                   >
Foreign Relations                         >
Housing                                   >
Jobs                                      >
Labor Relations                           >
Medicine                                  >
Poverty                                   >
Space Program                             >
Trade                                     >
Transportation                            >
Urban Affairs                             >

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Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey.  Please
send your finished survey to aa687@cleveland.freenet.edu.  Results
will be compiled, analyzed and posted shortly.

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