On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > but I try to recall > that the wording of a poll can substantially alter its results. Imagine, to
The question wording could have been a bit better, but nothing was misrepresented or too slanted. The question was framed around the actual farm subsidy debate in Canada, which largely centers around responses to foreign subsidies (which are a fair bit higher than the Canadian ones). > Does anyone see any evidence that outside of areas in which farming plays a > large role Americans support higher (or indeed continued) ag subsidies? > I'd love to see results from a decent survey on this. I'd be willing to bet in a Hanson market on the results. I'd put even odds on overall support for farm subsidies being at 65% in a fair, unbiased question. I'd give 2:1 that support is >50%. Eric
