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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-26-11 11:45 AM
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Has anyone here seen the complete numbers for the new USA Today/Gallup poll?
I've been searching Google and Google News and so far, despite checking lots of news stories, can't find a link to a page with the complete list of questions and responses. I've checked Gallup's site, too.

So far USA Today seems to be doling out just a few of the numbers in two main stories, one that 63% of Americans (46% of Republicans) say they definitely wouldn't vote for Trump

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2011-04-25-trump-president-poll.htm

and the other that supposedly "GOP's gamble on the budget pays off, so far":

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2011-04-25-Poll-Republicans-budget-deficit-trust.htm

A misleading headline based even on the few questions and responses cherrypicked for the article, which also notes that most Americans think the GOP plans for cutting the deficit will cut Medicare and Social Security too much.

Which makes me suspect the complete poll data has even more bad news for the GOP.

After cherrypicking poll numbers, that USA Today article gets its only comment on the poll from Joseph White at Case Western Reserve University, who of course sees it as bad news for Democrats. USA Today doesn't mention that White used to be with the Brookings Institution, a right-wing think tank (http://policy.case.edu/white.html ).

Sigh.

I was able to find the PDF file with the complete poll results for the latest NY Times/CBS poll, which the Wall Street Journal's John Fund had spun wildy after cherrypicking the results of just one of many poll questions:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x958556

So I'd like to see the complete poll results for the USA Today/Gallup poll.
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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-26-11 11:52 AM
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1. Can't find it either. But, the results seem to point to a drastic change in attitude since April 13.
http://www.politicususa.com/en/obama-medicare

Americans Tell Obama Don’t Cut Medicare

A new USA Today/Gallup Poll found that when it comes to the deficit, Americans can agree on one thing, don’t gut Medicare. 69% of those surveyed opposed major cuts to Medicare. Agreement was found among both political parties as 69% of Democrats and 61% of Republicans opposed major cuts to Medicare.

On the issue of how to lower the budget deficit those surveyed largely agreed with Obama’s proposal to increase taxes who those who earn $250,000 or more. 59% favored the tax increase, and 37% opposed it. The proposal is most popular with Democrats and Independents. 78% of Democrats and 60% of Independents polled felt that taxes should be increased, while 60% of Republicans responded that taxes should not be increased.

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Scuba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-26-11 12:32 PM
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2. OMG. This means that the media might be manipulating public opinion! Who'd a thunk it? n/t
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