Word: pollstering
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...effort that politicians put into exploiting what Sept. 11 had done to the electorate, they missed its real impact. Eighty-four percent of those surveyed told pollster Mark Penn that terrorism had made government more relevant to their lives. Which meant they were looking past the symbols and slogans and taking careful measure of the candidates themselves...
...from President Bush on down. As it dawns on us that defeating terrorism is not a task that can be privatized or turned over to the states. But will all this newfound appreciation last if it requires people to give up more than a few minutes talking to a pollster...
...that Harvard students were too uninformed to be listened to and that we could not possibly expect to learn anything from them. One professor argued that Harvard students should not be allowed to express their views because they were such dupes that they could be hoodwinked by any competent pollster into saying what the pollster wanted them to say. Another began loudly exclaiming, “This is not a democratic process. This is not a democratic process!” The stands these professors were taking were in direct violation of the principles they have advocated in writing...
According to Hoxby, her suggestions for an undergraduate or graduate student referendum were similarly dismissed. “One professor argued that Harvard students should not be allowed to express their views because they were such dupes that they could be hoodwinked by any competent pollster into saying what the pollster wanted them to say,” Hoxby wrote...
...once Democrats took control of the upper chamber, Bush needed Hastert to pass bills as close to the President's liking as possible so he could have maximum bargaining room when the Senate and House meet in conference. For Hastert, "this could be a defining moment," says G.O.P. pollster David Winston...