Voters Say Election Full of Misleading and False Information
Voters Say Election Full of Misleading and False Information December 9, 2010 Poll Also Finds Voters Were Misinformed on Key Issues Full report(PDF) Questionnaire with Findings, Methodology (PDF) Following the first election since the Supreme Court has struck down limits on election-related advertising, a new poll finds that 9 inContinue Reading
American Public Vastly Overestimates Amount of U.S. Foreign Aid
November 29, 2010 Questionnaire with Findings, Methodology (PDF) As debates about how to deal with the budget deficit have heated up in recent weeks, a new WorldPublicOpinion.org/Knowledge Networks poll finds that Americans continue to vastly overestimate the amount of the federal budget that is devoted to foreign aid. Asked toContinue Reading
Governments Misspend More Than Half of Our Taxes–Global Poll
Governments Misspend More Than Half of Our Taxes–Global Poll September 27, 2010 Full Report (PDF) People believe that their government misspends more than half the money they pay in tax, according to the findings of a new BBC World Service global poll across 22 countries–but many are still looking toContinue Reading
Attitude Factors in the Search for Israeli-Palestinian Peace: A Comprehensive Review of Recent Polls
Attitude Factors in the Search for Israeli-Palestinian Peace: A Comprehensive Review of Recent Polls September 2, 2010 By Alvin Richman Full Report Both the Israeli and Palestinian publics want to reach a peace agreement, but both sides deeply distrust the other and are pessimistic that negotiations will soon resolve theirContinue Reading
Big Government is Not the Issue
Big Government is Not the Issue August 19, 2010 By Steven Kull An abridged version of the following article appeared in Politico. It includes some newly released poll findings that can be viewed here. Conventional wisdom is that the political pendulum has swung away from the Democrats–driven by a fierceContinue Reading