Word: polling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Crimson poll which surveyed more than 300 people about which band they would like to see perform at the Undergraduate Council's Springfest, students gave the decisive nod to the Wallflowers (29.7 percent of the vote), a grammy-nominated alternative rock group...
...that end, the council will be sponsoring another poll to be conducted over e-mail from today through Thursday. Students should type "ucvote" at the fas prompt to indicate their preferences...
...poll's results and the statements of postal officials bear out Cooper's cynicism. Though the survey found that a majority of residents want to keep their post office downtown (including 79% of the senior citizens, who tend to walk there), postal spokesman Robin Wright dismisses the stay-putters as "emotional" and says the poll "is a private kind of deal" to "help us with our strategy." An internal Postal Service document makes this "strategy" as plain as bureaucratic doublespeak can be: "Provide a clearer identification of the 'real' underlying concerns by the antimove advocates, along with compensatory responses designed...
...course, numbers are, admittedly, only numbers. Flashing a set of fancy data has never accomplished anything. But percentages can give us a window into the beliefs of the electorate. According to this poll, it appears that Americans are reluctant to impose their morals on the great public. Despite their individual misgivings about abortion, they would rather allow each woman to make that choice on her own. Gone are the days of Prohibition, when a vocal group of activists were able to impose their morality upon the rest of the nation...
Sena said he would propose a student poll again at the committee's meeting next week, following an inquiry into the availability of the listed groups...