Andrew Kohut
Andrew Kohut
Andrew Kohutwas an American pollster and nonpartisan news commentator about public affairs topics...
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People with the most exposure to immigrants have fewer problems with them as a group.
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Politically he has to improve his fortunes or his party might well take it on the chin come next November.
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One-third of the national sample said all illegal aliens should be sent home now; one-third say they support guest-worker status accorded to some form and some period of time, and one-third said let them all stay.
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There's nothing that suggests this is a breakout election. People know it's a close race, but that doesn't appear to have compelled them any more than the walkover election four years ago.
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There's nothing that suggests this is a breakout election, ... People know it's a close race, but that doesn't appear to have compelled them any more than the walkover election four years ago.
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The threat from Iran has really penetrated, with two of three saying Iran's nuclear program represents a major threat. Among people who have been following news about the issue, there's even greater concern.
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This important question of the trade-off of civil liberties and protection is one the public takes very seriously,
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Americans are depressed, angry and very worried about the economic consequences of the disaster.
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This is an issue that he has to contend with ... restoring confidence that people can take his word for things.
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So the public is really very divided on this issue. The ambivalence is remarkable.
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Attitudes are a little more complicated than thumbs up or thumbs down. Americans do care about Iraq, but it doesn't have the personal impact that the war in Vietnam had. Secondly, this is a more patriotic time. Even though the public is disillusioned with the war in Iraq, it tends to support the concept of preemptive war at a time when most people feel we're at risk.
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This probably has to do with the aging of the population and more people confronting these situations. The poll found that people who have participated in decisions about end-of-life or had loved ones with illnesses in the last five years are much more likely to have thought about end-of-life treatments or to have living wills.
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Associating Roberts with some kind of extremism would likely backfire because he is unlikely to be seen as extremist.
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The overall finding of public opinion since the September 11 attacks is that the American public is willing to see the rules bent a little bit in the war on terrorism.