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Understanding and Using Public Policy Polling Data
Karen Shanton
National Conference of State Legislatures
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Source: Real Clear Politics
Obama
Romney
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10 percent do not have the ID they would need
to vote
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10 percent say they do not have the ID they would need to vote
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10 percent say they do not have the ID they would need to vote
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x percent say z
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Source: Reuters
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Source: FairVote
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Source: FairVote
Registered Voters
Eligible Voters
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Source: FairVote
Eligible Voters
Eligible Voters
13.5%
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x percent of y say z
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Source: Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service
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x percent of a sample of y say z
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40%
n=50
+/-14%
60%
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26%
74%
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46% 54%
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Source: American Association for Public Opinion Research
*Assumes 95% confidence interval for populations of 10,000 or more
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Source: Food Network
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Source: Makebetterfood.com
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Source: Food Network Source: Makebetterfood.com
Option 1 Option 2
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Source: Amazon.com
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x percent of a sample of y say z
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Question 1
WHO was asked?
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Source: Roper Center
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x percent of a sample of y say z
at time t
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Question 2
WHEN were they asked?
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Homosexuals Gay Men & Lesbians
Do you favor or oppose ____ serving openly in the military?
44%
58%
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44%
Source: CBS News/ New York Times Poll
58%
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43%
Source: CBS News/ New York Times Poll
79%
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Question 3
HOW were they asked?
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x percent say z
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x percent of a sample of y say z
at time t when asked q
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10 percent say they do not have the ID they would need to vote
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10 percent say they do not have the ID they would need to vote
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Between 6 and 10 percent of voting age Americans say that they do not have a driver’s license or state issued non-driver’s photo
ID today
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Between 6 and 10 percent of voting age Americans say that they do not have a driver’s license or state issued non-driver’s photo
ID today
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Between 6 and 10 percent of voting age Americans say that they do not have a driver’s license or state issued non-driver’s photo
ID today
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Between 6 and 10 percent of voting age Americans say that they do not have a driver’s license or state issued non-driver’s photo
ID today
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1. Who was asked?
2. When were they asked?
3. How were they asked?
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1. Who was asked?
2. When were they asked?
3. How were they asked?
What do you want to know?
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"There are lies, damned
lies and statistics."