Welcome to this week’s edition of Top Question Tuesday. Last week’s winning question asked about firing all staff as a way to improve a school. Once we have results from the question we’ll post them on our blog.
This week’s user-submitted survey questions are below. The questions are shortened to save space on our blog post, but these are the basic ideas. Take a look through the questions and then vote for the question you’d most like to see on a Zogby Interactive survey. As a reminder, if you’d like to submit a question to be considered for a Top Question Tuesday Zogby survey, use the “Top Question Tuesday” box on the right of the page. And if you’d like to join Zogby’s interactive panel to answer questions similar to these, click here.
1. “Birthers” are those who have doubts about President Obama’s birthplace or eligibility to serve as President. Which of the following best represents your opinion about birthers and their relationship to the Republican party?
a. The Republican Party should bring birthers into the Republican mainstream and
publicly raise questions about Obama’s eligibility
b. The Republican Party should work to distance itself from birthers and state
that concerns about Obama’s eligibility are not valid
c. Other/not familiar enough to judge/not sure
2. Do you plan to follow any NCAA tournament basketball while at work?
3. Do you believe that recent examples of natural disasters, such as the earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, are isolated events or part of overall larger changes to existing weather patterns?
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Katy Uncategorized Top Question Tuesday
Welcome to this week’s edition of Top Question Tuesday. Last week’s winning question asked about the effectiveness of Census advertising. Once we have results from the question we’ll post them on our blog.
This week’s user-submitted survey questions are below. The questions are shortened to save space on our blog post, but these are the basic ideas. Take a look through the questions and then vote for the question you’d most like to see on a Zogby Interactive survey. As a reminder, if you’d like to submit a question to be considered for a Top Question Tuesday Zogby survey, use the “Top Question Tuesday” box on the right of the page. And if you’d like to join Zogby’s interactive panel to answer questions similar to these, click here.
1. Recently a Rhode Island school district fired all its high school staff because of their students’ poor grades and high dropout rate. Do you agree or disagree that this is an effective method for improving a school?
2. President Obama recently held a bipartisan healthcare summit with Congressional Democrats and Republicans. Do you believe that such summits are likely to result in new legislation and changes to existing legislation, or not?
3. Do you agree or disagree with the Pentagon’s decision to allow officers, troops, and civilian leaders in the military to blog and use social networking site?
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Katy Uncategorized Top Question Tuesday
Welcome to this week’s edition of Top Question Tuesday. Last week’s winning question asked about whether the tea parties and partiers will still be a factor in 2012 . Once we have results from the question we’ll post them on our blog.
This week’s user-submitted survey questions are below. The questions are shortened to save space on our blog post, but these are the basic ideas. Take a look through the questions and then vote for the question you’d most like to see on a Zogby Interactive survey. As a reminder, if you’d like to submit a question to be considered for a Top Question Tuesday Zogby survey, use the “Top Question Tuesday” box on the right of the page. And if you’d like to join Zogby’s interactive panel to answer questions similar to these, click here.
1. Do you believe the television ads for the Census will be effective in getting more people to complete the Census, or not?
2. Which of the following Facebook games do you play—Farmville, Mafia Wars, Café World, Fishville, other, do not play Facebook games, not on Facebook?
3. In celebration of the beginning of Spring training, what MLB team do you believe will win the 2010 World Series?
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Katy Uncategorized Top Question Tuesday
As car manufacturer Toyota begins testimony in front of Congress, results of a new Zogby poll suggest that many Americans still view Toyota cars as equally or more safe than most other vehicles. Our survey found that 64% of the overall public feels Toyotas are, on average, more safe (18%) or equally safe (47%) as other vehicles. Among those who currently own or lease a Toyota, the numbers are even higher, with 85% believing Toyota vehicles are more safe (39%) or equally safe (47%) as other vehicles.
However, the poll did contain some bad news for Toyota; neither Americans nor current Toyota owners rate the company’s handling of their recent safety and recall issues highly. Using an Olympic-themed scoring system of gold, silver, bronze, or no medal at all, pluralities of both groups award Toyota “no medal at all”.
In the spirit of the Winter Olympics, would you award Toyota a gold, silver, bronze, or no medal at all for their handling of recent safety and recall issues?
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General public |
Currently own/lease Toyota |
| Gold |
6% |
10% |
| Silver |
16% |
26% |
| Bronze |
18% |
23% |
| No medal at all |
47% |
34% |
| Not sure |
12% |
8% |
What are your opinions on Toyota – do you agree with those who feel that their cars are, overall, equally or as safe as other vehicles? What advice would you give Toyota on handling their recalls?
Katy Uncategorized lifestyle
John Zogby and our very own blogger Zeljka Buturovic recently published an article in the National Review analyzing the political tendencies of self-described libertarians. They suggest that overall, libertarians can be seen as a part of the conservative coalition. For example, even while libertarians describe their ideology as “libertarian” (as opposed to progressive, liberal, conservative, or very conservative), when asked to identify their ideology on a 1-9 scale (with 1 being very liberal and 9 being very conservative), they are similar to those who call themselves conservative or very conservative. From the article:
We at Zogby ask two questions about ideology: a qualitative one, where people can choose a political label — progressive, liberal, moderate, conservative, very conservative, or libertarian — and a quantitative one, in which we ask them to position themselves on a 1–9 ideological scale, where 1 is extremely liberal and 9 is extremely conservative.
In all our surveys, almost all our respondents answer both questions. Our December 2009 survey results are typical. First, we found 2 percent of likely voters describing their ideology as “libertarian.” Second, over 90 percent of these self-described libertarians were willing to position themselves on a continuum between Left and Right — although they were free to say they were “something else” or “not sure.” Of those who answered the question, 89 percent chose 5 or higher, with most choosing 6, 7, or 8. Here are the average scores for various ideological groups on our 1–9 scale in our December survey:
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Average ideological score on a 1-9 scale
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Progressive
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1.7
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Liberal
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2.8
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Moderate
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4.8
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Conservative
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7.1
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Very conservative
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8.3
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Libertarian
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6.4
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Total
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What are your opinions on libertarians and libertarianism? Can it (or should it) be considered a separate political movement or political philosophy?
Katy John Zogby, politics politics
Welcome to this week’s edition of Top Question Tuesday. Last week’s winning question asked about Toyota’s handling of the car recalls. Once we have results from the question we’ll post them on our blog.
This week’s user-submitted survey questions are below. The questions are shortened to save space on our blog post, but these are the basic ideas. Take a look through the questions and then vote for the question you’d most like to see on a Zogby Interactive survey. As a reminder, if you’d like to submit a question to be considered for a Top Question Tuesday Zogby survey, use the “Top Question Tuesday” box on the right of the page. And if you’d like to join Zogby’s interactive panel to answer questions similar to these, click here.
1. When airlines remove overweight passengers from flights, do you believe this is done primarily for the comfort of the other passengers, for flight safety, for both reasons, for another reason, or are you not sure?
2. How would you rate NBC’s Olympic coverage so far – excellent, fair, good, poor, or have you not watched enough to judge?
3. Do you think the Tea Party movement will still be a factor in national politics during the 2012 Presidential election?
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Katy Uncategorized Top Question Tuesday
In celebration of Presidents Day, a recent Zogby poll asked respondents to write in their selection for the greatest US President. Abraham Lincoln took first place overall, with 22% of our respondents naming him as the greatest President. Rounding out the top three were Ronald Reagan, with 19% of the vote, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, with 16% of the vote.
Partisan differences were quite clear on this poll. Among Republicans only, Ronald Reagan is the top choice, with 40% of Republicans naming him as the greatest President. Among Democrats only, Franklin D. Roosevelt is the winner, with 28% of the vote among Democrats. Independents largely mirrored the overall vote in choosing Lincoln, with 23% of Independents naming him the greatest President.
Who do you think is the greatest President and why? Do any of these results surprise you?
Katy Uncategorized history, holidays, politics
How will you spend your Valentines Day this year?
If you’re like our survey respondents, chances are you won’t celebrate the holiday by spending lots of money. We reported earlier this week that 67% of Americans plan to spend less than $50 on Valentines day, including 25% of us who plan to spend no money at all. Men are slightly more likely to spend money than women, with 31% of them planning to spend at least $50, compared to 18% of women who plan to spend $50 or more.
And while 47% of those who say they are not currently in love plan to spend nothing at all, 31% of married respondents say they will spend $50 or more, and only 15% of married respondents plan to spend nothing.
How do these results compare to your Valentines plans? Is Valentines Day a holiday about love or a holiday about consumerism?
Katy Uncategorized culture, holidays
Welcome to this week’s edition of Top Question Tuesday. Last week’s winning question asked about gays in the military. Once we have results from the question we’ll post them on our blog.
This week’s user-submitted survey questions are below. The questions are shortened to save space on our blog post, but these are the basic ideas. Take a look through the questions and then vote for the question you’d most like to see on a Zogby Interactive survey. As a reminder, if you’d like to submit a question to be considered for a Top Question Tuesday Zogby survey, use the “Top Question Tuesday” box on the right of the page. And if you’d like to join Zogby’s interactive panel to answer questions similar to these, click here.
1. Do you support or oppose the current initiative led by first lady Michelle Obama to curb childhood obesity?
2. In the spirit of the Winter Olympics, would you award Toyota a gold, silver, bronze or no medal at all for their handling of recent safety and recall issues?
3. What Winter Olympic event are you most looking forward to this year?
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Katy Uncategorized
A recent Zogby poll examining American attitudes towards security, terrorism, profiling, and safety found that a majority of us (54%) support ethnic and religious profiling, 51% of us expect a major terrorist attack this year, and 71% agree that full-body scans should be allowed at airports. More results from this survey can be found here.
What are your opinions on the questions above? And what is your view on the relationship between terrorist attacks (and expectation of terrorist attacks) and privacy/security – if we get through the year without a major terrorist attack, are we less likely to support profiling or enhanced security measures such as full body scans?
Katy Uncategorized
