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August 2004
1. Which are more scripted, political conventions or professional wrestling matches?
39% CONVENTIONS
32% WRESTLING
29% DON'T KNOW/REFUSED [NOT READ]
2. Which would you rather spend an hour watching?
56% CONVENTIONS
20% WRESTLING
23% DON'T KNOW/REFUSED [NOT READ]
January 2004
3. Generally speaking, which of the following cares more about the important problems that affect you personally?
52% THE GOVERNOR AND MY STATE LEGISLATURE
36% THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS
10% NEITHER [NOT READ]
2% DON'T KNOW/REFUSED [NOT READ]
4. And which level of government gets more done?
37% LOCAL
31% STATE
27% FEDERAL
5% DON'T KNOW/REFUSED [NOT READ]
5. I'm going to read you a list of issues. For each issue, I would like you to tell me whether the State government or the federal government should take the lead.
Education
75% STATE GOVERNMENT
24% FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
6. Highways and Roads
73% STATE GOVERNMENT
27% FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
7. Health Care
72% FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
27% STATE GOVERNMENT
1% DON'T KNOW/REFUSED [NOT READ]
8. Crime
72% STATE GOVERNMENT
27% FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
1% DON'T KNOW/REFUSED [NOT READ]
9. The Environment
72% FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
28% STATE GOVERNMENT
1% DON'T KNOW/REFUSED [NOT READ]
10. Jobs and the economy
56% FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
43% STATE GOVERNMENT
1% DON'T KNOW/REFUSED [NOT READ]
11. Some States are facing deficits in their budgets. In general, is that because they spend too much or don't collect enough tax revenue?
84% SPEND TOO MUCH
14% COLLECT TOO LITTLE
3% DON'T KNOW/REFUSED [NOT READ]
Switching topics one last time . . .
12. Are non-citizens who enter the U.S. from Mexico and Central America . . .?
73% ILLEGAL ALIENS
25% UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS
2% DON'T KNOW/REFUSED [NOT READ]
13. Does the U.S. have too much immigration or not enough assimilation?
64% TOO MUCH IMMIGRATION
31% NOT ENOUGH ASSIMILATION
2% BOTH
2% NEITHER
1% DON'T KNOW/REFUSED [NOT READ]
14. Do workers from other countries [ROTATED]
59% TAKE JOBS THAT, IN GENERAL, AMERICANS DON'T WANT
41% TAKE JOBS AWAY FROM AMERICANS
15. Do workers from other countries . . . [ROTATED TOP TO BOTTOM, BOTTOM TO TOP]
57% LOWER THE WAGES PAID TO ALL AMERICAN WORKERS
38% HAVE NO EFFECT ON THE WAGES PAID TO ALL AMERICAN WORKERS
3% INCREASE THE WAGES PAID TO ALL AMERICAN WORKERS
1% DON'T KNOW/REFUSED [NOT READ]
16. What do you think of the President's new plan on immigration? Do you . . . it?
6% STRONGLY SUPPORT
30% SOMEWHAT SUPPORT
26% SOMEWHAT OPPOSE
27% STRONGLY OPPOSE
12% DON'T KNOW/REFUSED [NOT READ]
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