"Most Oppose Port Deal
On the port issue, the new poll finds that 69 percent of Americans oppose allowing the Arab-owned company called Dubai Ports World to manage commercial operations at some U.S. ports — four times as many as support the deal (17 percent).
Overall, only 27 percent think the United Arab Emirates is a strong ally of the United States in the war against terrorism, and 77 percent are concerned that having an Arab-owned company manage U.S. ports would jeopardize national security — including nearly half (47 percent) that are "very" concerned.
A clear majority (63 percent) correctly identifies the United States as being in charge of port security, even if the Arab-owned company manages the ports — a point the Bush administration has made repeatedly while defending the deal.
"Opposition to the port deal is based primarily on a distrust among Americans of the government of the United Arab Emirates, rather than a misunderstanding of the role the company would play in managing the ports," notes Shiman. "These results are consistent with past research, which showed a high level of distrust of other Middle Eastern allies as well."
The new poll finds widespread agreement that at least some opposition to the deal is based on bias against Arabs: 38 percent say "a lot" and another 32 percent say "some" of the opposition is based on bias.
Despite the sizable opposition to the deal, a majority thinks it will go through: 54 percent think a year from now the UAE-company will be managing some ports in the United States."
"On the port issue, the new poll finds that 69 percent of Americans oppose allowing the Arab-owned company called Dubai Ports World to manage commercial operations at some U.S. ports — four times as many as support the deal"
that's a similar number compared to the rasmussen poll
There you go. "Bias" is a nice way of saying "bigotry."