Word: polle
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...fact, in the poll - speaking of millennials - about a third of Americans - you know, I have to think of some interesting names for them - "the Responsibles" basically say that they've changed their lives and they've made essentially a kind of new social contract. They're buying things that are greener; they're buying things that have a sense of social responsibility. And this group is about 70 or 80 million Americans. They're younger, they're better educated, they're more diverse...
...Well, in fact, the working title of the poll is "The Responsibility Revolution," that people are having the sense across all different parts of society...
...Speaking of that day, one of the things that, in our poll, that had enormous resonance - and I think more than 80 percent of people across all of these categories supported - was the idea of a year of national service for young people, either post-high school, between high school and college, or sometime during high school that would either be civilian service or military service in exchange for an educational grant or scholarship. Now, they didn't want government to make it mandatory; they wanted it to be voluntary. But I'm wondering, how do you feel about that...
...According to a new TIME poll, more than 6 in 10 Americans have bought organic products since January. Lots of us have bought an energy-efficient lightbulb too. And it's not just the nature of the product but also its provenance that's prompting us to buy. Of the 1,003 adults we polled this summer, 82% said they have consciously supported local or neighborhood businesses this year. Nearly 40% said they purchased a product in 2009 because they liked the social or political values of the company that produced it. That's evidence of a changing mind...
...None of this would have happened without consumer demand. Nearly half of Americans in our poll said protecting the environment should be given priority over economic growth - and this comes in the midst of a recession and historic unemployment. And 78% of those polled said they would be willing to pay $2,000 more for a car that gets 35 m.p.g. than for a similar one that gets only 25 m.p.g. Of course, consumers are doing their own doing-well-by-doing-good calculation: a more expensive car that gets better gas mileage will save them money in the long...