Word: polle
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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President Joseph Kabila is favored to win Congo's July 30 vote, its first free election since 1961. A peaceful poll would aid recovery from a bloody civil war that ended in 2003. But most of his 32 opponents are already alleging fraud...
...NOTE: Poll results are not scientific and reflect the opinions of only those users who chose to participate. Poll results are not reflected in real time...
...Hispanics also may be on the wrong side of the Republican red-meat agenda this summer. Republicans in the House have made much of the need for border security, passing a bill that would make it a felony to aid illegal immigrants. A recent Pew poll found Hispanic Americans were "feeling more discriminated against, politically energized and unified following the immigration policy debate" of the spring and early summer. The poll found little growth in Hispanic support for Democrats, but the drop in support for Republicans was measurable: Only 16% of Latinos believe the GOP has the best position...
...NOTE: Poll results are not scientific and reflect the opinions of only those users who chose to participate. Poll results are not reflected in real time...
...public may not really be so squeamish. In a 2003 CBS News/New York Times poll, two-thirds of Americans disagreed with the ban on coffin photos. This year, when HBO aired the gory documentary Baghdad ER, about a military hospital, 3.5 million people watched, a huge number for a cable documentary. It's not clear, for that matter, that seeing the horrors of war plays against Republicans at all. Images are hard to control. Pictures of war dead could produce a rallying effect--finish the job, get those who did this to us. And there's a school of thought...