Word: polling
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Nonetheless, the proposal has attracted broad support from voters. A poll published in the Sacramento Bee last Dec. 9 reported that nearly seven of 10 California voters favor a proposed ballot measure to scrap bilingual education in public schools and replace it with a short-term English immersion program. More interestingly, though, is the source of support: the poll found approval for the proposed initiative running strongly across all ethnic groups--including 66 percent of Latino voters. The high percentage of supporters among the Latino community is significant, given that the Latino students are the ones who will be most...
...public lecture last year, atheist Wendy Kaminer of Radcliffe College noted that over half of Americans polled would deny an atheist the basic right to speak at a town meeting. According to the poll, atheists are despised even more than homosexuals, yet another group that suffers at the hands of intolerant religious extremists. In four states and in countless communities, it is illegal for an atheist to hold public office...
Shockingly ranked No. 5 in the nation, Yale has surprised everyone with its outstanding play. Picked to finish tenth in the league in the coaches preseason poll, it has led the ECAC most of the way, garnering widespread support for Coach Tim Taylor as National Coach of the Year. The Bulldogs have already clinched home ice through the playoffs and need just five points to secure the ECAC crown...
...Clinton in his present predicament. All the same, they are in no hurry to move to an impeachment inquiry that could carry as many risks for them as it does for him. Clinton's approval rating is at an all-time high. In a Wall Street Journal/NBC poll last week, it reached an upper atmosphere 79%, a number so tall that White House aides are playing it down because it only invites future headlines about Clinton's approval rating dropping. What it means for Republicans is that any impeachment proceeding would be a complicated gift. A vote in the full...
...spare a thought for the heartfelt plea of Louis, 9, of New Hampshire, who knew the poll numbers were against him, but feared the worst: "I think we should not bomb Iraq. If we start a war we could possibly die. If we die, millions of innocent kids would not be parents. Many of my classmates want to bomb Iraq, while...