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What a stupid NYT article, sadly all my professors take it as the holy grail of American journalism. The approval ratings of Gore are very funny though.

A spokesman for Mr. Gore, Jano Cabrera, said he was not concerned about the findings, saying it was still early in the race. "With two years to go, realistically speaking, none of these measurements mean much,"

And Gore was just telling someone the past few days that he'd make up his mind shortly as to whether he would seek the nomination or not... Maybe it was on the LKL show. They don't have a long time to get concerned about the findings.....

There's some rebarbative spin in this, but they have a hard time doing it with these numbers.

In another follow-up interview, Wayne Denson, 75, a Democrat and retired optician from Kansas City, Mo., said: "I voted for him to start with but now that Bush got elected, I'd rather vote for Bush than Gore. Bush has got more intelligence."

Eat your heart out, Howell Raines!

NYT Unbiased Poll:
1. Don't you HATE Bush's tax cuts for the rich
2. destruction of Social Security for helpless old people
3. And regressive environmental policies which KILL people?
...
...
I thought so! We hate them too! Thanks :)

"I don't like what he's doing to the environment, really," said James Stranz, 57, a Republican unemployed laborer from Philadelphia. "I don't think we should be ruining the environment just because big business wants more oil."

Bet this guy sings a differnt tune when it costs $100 to fill up his pickup. It's always "big business" this and "big business" that. Business is what provides jobs for people so they can earn money. I work for "big business" and frankly am always happy to cash the check and I appreciate the job it provides me.

New York Times/CBS News poll.

In other words, they polled the Democrat base. Who else would pay attention to these two?
It looks better for Republicans than I thought!

They are ambivalent about tax cuts, concerned about Republican plans for Social Security and strongly opposed to the administration's environmental policies.

I would bet real money that no more than three out of every ten people surveyed could coherently describe even one Republican (or DemonRat) policy on either Social Security or the environment.

They oppose the administration's environmental policies, do they? That doesn't make any sense. Worthless, stupid article.

Just 19 percent said they held a favorable view of the former vice president...

At least Al can still count on the "dead democrat" vote.

Typical NYT spin. The "taxes versus deficit" questions are the moral equivalent of a push-poll. No surprise the respondents are evenly divided, because it is a false dichotomy. Ask the question instead as: $5 billion less in foreign aid to egypt, welfare of illegal immigrants, corporate welfare, and funding of leftwing special interests vs. $5 billion in tax cuts for the middle class ... which would people prefer?

Also, I find the comment that 'some Republicans' dont want the GOP to push the Republican agenda humorous. Fascinating they could find the 2 or 3 Republicans who actually think this.

Times to Republicans: Don't do anything we wouldn't do!

About the only thing they forgot was that the populace actually wants Bush to nominate Democrat judges. /sarcasm

Another BS poll from a BS paper.

Apparently the socialist propaganda message for the month is "tax cuts benefit the rich", repeat 10,000 times until all of the simple minded get it.

The response is not to fire contrary statsistics back (too easy for the rat to deny) but to state out loud that the person uttering this nonsense is merely repeating socialist class warfare propaganda, orchestrated by Nancy Pelosi and her socialist minions.

That works a lot better and they shut up quick.

Then you have to ask them point blank if they were told what to say by the DNC and dare them to lie about it.

Obviously the NYT was.

Three-quarters of respondents said that the first round of tax cuts had not made a noticeable difference in their paychecks.

Probably because most of them don't pay a lot of Federal taxes to begin with. We don't. And besides, why would the taxcuts affect the amount in a paycheck, unless the withholdings had changed? It's the total numbers that count.

In a measure of additional concern for Democrats, Al Gore, who is the best-known Democrat who might run for president in 2004, is viewed unfavorably today by a ratio of almost two to one, despite a weeklong bath of favorable publicity that accompanied his national tour promoting two new books about the American family.

This is the freebie polling done for Gore to follow up phase one of his latest comeback attempt.

Bet they are somber in the Gore/NYT/CBS offices...hehehe..

Must be pure hell to be such talented cheaters and still have it not be enough! ;-)

Catch the first sentence lead-in?:

Three weeks after Republicans captured control of the government...

I'm surprised the Times didn't further embellish the sentence with "bloodless coup"...

This poll appears to have been conducted in the DNC headquarters.

"I voted for him to start with but now that Bush got elected, I'd rather vote for Bush than Gore. Bush has got more intelligence."

Can you believe a Democrat said this about your little dumbya???

Those polled did not appear to be particularly happy about how the election turned out: just 37 percent described themselves as pleased, compared with 26 percent who said they were disappointed. By contrast, in 1994, the last time Republicans took control of Congress, providing a Republican counterpart to President Bill Clinton's White House, nearly 50 percent of those surveyed described themselves as pleased with the outcome.

I found this result rather curious. Perhaps some GOPers are not pleased with SD, NJ and the CA gov's race? And over one third presumably felt ambivalent about the election results.

Complete Results

This New York Times/CBS News poll is based on telephone interviews conducted Nov. 20 to 24 with 996 adults throughout United States. An asterisk indicates registered respondents only.

Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as President?


                Approve    Disapprove    DK/NA
2/10-12/01 CBS    53           21         26
3/8-12/01         60           22         18
4/4-5/01 CBS      53           35         12
4/23-25/01 CBS    56           29         15
5/10-12/01 CBS    57           30         13
6/14-18/01        53           34         13
8/28-31/01 CBS    50           38         12
9/11-12/01 CBS    72           15         13
9/13-14/01        84            9          8 
9/20-23/01        89            7          5
10/25-28/01       87            8          5
12/7-10/01        86            9          4
1/5-6/02 CBS      84           10          6
1/15-17/02 CBS    82           11          7
1/21-24/02        82           12          6
2/24-26/02 CBS    78           14          8
4/1-2/02 CBS      77           17          6
4/28-5/1/02       73           18          9
5/13-14/02 CBS    77           16          7
5/19-20/02 CBS    71           18         11        
6/18-20/02 CBS    70           20         10
7/8-9/02 CBS      74           19          6
7/13-16/02        70           20          9
7/22-23/02 CBS    65           27          8
8/6-7/02 CBS      66           25          9            
9/2-5/02          63           28          9
9/22-23/02 CBS    66           27          7    
10/3-6/02         63           29          8
10/27-31/02       62           28         10
11/20-24/02       65           27          9

1. Do you feel things in this country are generally going in the right direction or do you feel things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track?


             Right direction     Wrong track    DK/NA
1/83 1            34                 59           7     
6/83 NYT 1        47                 44           9     
11/83 NYT 1       47                 43          10     
9/85 1            46                 44          11     
1/91              57                 31          12
3/91              51                 42           7
10/91             33                 60           7
11/94 CBS         30                 65           5 
12/95 NYT         25                 64          10
9/96              44                 47           9
9/96 CBS          41                 48          11
12/96 NYT         39                 51          11
3/97 2            34                 62           4
6/97 2            37                 60           3
8/97 3            39                 57           4
1/98 2            44                 50           6
1/98 4            61                 34           5
2/98              54                 36           9
10/98A            46                 47           7
10/98B            52                 42           7
5/00              48                 44           7
3/8-12/01         40                 54           6
4/23-25/01 CBS    37                 58           5
6/14-18/01        42                 53           5
10/25-28/01       61                 29          10
12/7-10/01        64                 27          10
1/24-27/02        52                 35          12
7/13-16/02        42                 48          10
7/22-23/02 CBS    39                 53           8
8/6-7/02 CBS      41                 51           8
9/2-5/02          43                 49           8
10/3-6/02         42                 48          10
10/27-31/02       41                 52           8
11/20-24/02       41                 49          10

1 Question read: "Do you feel things in this country are generally going in the right direction today, or do you feel things have gotten off on the wrong track?"
2 ABC News/Washington Post Poll. Question read: Do you think things in this country are generally going in the right direction or do you feel things have gotten pretty seriously off on the wrong track?
3 ABC News Poll. Question read: Do you think things in this country are generally going in the right direction or do you feel things have gotten pretty seriously off on the wrong track?
4 Washington Post Poll, conducted 1/28-31, after the Lewinsky scandal broke.

3. Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling foreign policy?


                Approve    Disapprove    DK/NA
3/8-12/01         52          18          30
4/4-5/01 CBS      48          34          18
4/23-25/01 CBS    53          31          16
5/10-12/01 CBS    53          24          23
6/14-18/01        47          31          22
10/25-28/01       74          16          10
12/07-10/01       75          13          12
1/15-17/02 CBS    73          14          13
1/21-24/02        70          14          16
2/24-26/02 CBS    65          22          13
4/1-2/02 CBS      65          23          12
4/15-18/02 CBS    62          26          12
5/13-14-02 CBS    63          25          12
5/19-20/02 CBS    63          25          12
6/18-20/02 CBS    59          27          14
7/8-9/02 CBS      64          23          13
7/13-16/02        68          22          10
9/2-5/02          54          36          11            
9/22-23/02 CBS    58          34           8
10/3-6/02         57          33          11
10/27-31/02       54          34          12
11/20-24/02       54          33          13

4. How about the economy? Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling the economy?


                Approve    Disapprove    DK/NA
3/8-12/01         55           28         17
4/4-5/01 CBS      47           40         13
4/23-25/01 CBS    44           39         17
5/10-12/01 CBS    46           37         17
6/14-18/01        50           38         12
10/25-28/01       64           25         11
12/7-10/01        61           26         13
1/5-6/02 CBS      59           29         12
1/15-17/02 CBS    57           31         12
1/21-24/02        56           33         11
2/24-26/02 CBS    54           37          9
5/13-14/02 CBS    52           38         10
6/18-20/02 CBS    56           36          8
7/8-9/02 CBS      56           35          9
7/13-16/02        52           37         11
7/22-23/02 CBS    44           45         11
8/6-7/02 CBS      45           44         11
9/2-5/02          47           42         11
9/22-23/02 CBS    49           41         10
10/3-6/02         41           46         13
10/27-31/02       46           43         12
11/20-24/02       45           45         10

5. How would you rate the condition of the national economy these days? Is it very good, fairly good, fairly bad or very bad?


        V.gd  F. Gd  F.bd   V.bd DK/NA                V.gd  F. Gd  F.bd   V.bd DK/NA
1/87       5    55    26     11   3    10/95             3    54    32     10   1
10/87      4    54    26     13   3    12/95             4    54    27     13   2
10/87B     4    49    26     17   5    1/96              2    49    33     14   2
11/87      4    50    29     15   2    2/96              3    50    30     15   3
1/88       5    55    33      6   3    4/96              3    53    29     13   2
2/88       4    50    30     13   3    6/96              2    53    32     11   2
9/88A*     6    60    19     12   2    6/96B             4    56    30      9   1
10/88C     7    56    24     11   2    7/96              5    56    27     10   
11/88B     6    57    25     10   2    8/96              5    58    23     10   3
8/90       1    45    36     16   2    9/96              5    64    23      7   1
10/90      1    29    42     25   2    10/96             6    66    19      6   2 
10/90B     1    32    47     19   2    10/96C            6    61    21     10   3
1/91       1    37    39     20   3    11/96             6    64    21      6   2
3/91       1    44    42     11   2    12/96             6    61    22      8   3
4/91       2    40    41     16   2    1/97              7    64    23      5   1
6/91       1    41    40     17   2    4/97              6    62    24      7   1
10/91D     1    31    45     20   3    6/97             12    62    17      6   3
11/91      1    23    41     32   2    7/97             11    62    18      8   1
1/92A      -    17    47     35   1    11/97            14    63    16      5   2 
1/92B      1    20    46     32   1    12/97            17    63    15      4   2
2/92A      1    16    38     42   2    1/98             16    67    13      3   1
2/92B      1    16    40     41   1    2/98             21    67     9      3   1
3/92       1    18    39     40   1    8/11-13/98       21    66     8      3   2
4/92       1    23    40     34   1    8/19-20/98       25    61     9      3   2 
7/92       -    21    41     37   1    10/98A           16    65    15      3   2 
8/92A      1    20    40     38   1    10/98B           16    68    11      3   2
9/92A      1    19    37     39   3    2/00             28    60     8      3   1
10/92A     1    18    42     37   2    5/00             29    58     7      4   2
10/92C     2    21    40     37   1    9/00D*           26    64     7      2   1
10/92D     2    21    40     36   2    10/00            25    60     9      4   3
10/92E     1    22    39     36   2    11/00            26    63     7      3   2
12/92      1    31    39     28   2    12/00 CBS        21    65    10      3   1
1/93       1    34    41     22   2    1/01 CBS         14    70    11      4  10 
2/93       2    33    36     26   3    2/01 CBS          7    65    20      6   2
3/93       1    33    41     22   2    3/8-12/01         6    68    19      5   2
6/93A      1    29    43     25   2    4/01A CBS         3    65    24      6   2
6/93B      1    33    40     23   2    4/01B CBS         3    58    29      7   3
8/93       3    28    45     23   1    5/01 CBS          4    64    23      7   2
9/93       1    31    44     23   1    6/14-18/01        3    67    22      6   2
11/93      2    40    38     18   2    9/20-23/01        3    50    33     11   2
12/93      1    43    39     15   2    10/25-28/01       3    53    33      9   2
12/93      1    43    39     15   2    12/07-10/01       3    52    35      8   2
1/94       2    45    38     14   1    1/5-6/02 CBS      3    49    36      8   4
1/94       1    49    34     14   1    1/15-17/02 CBS    2    49    36     11   2
2/94       2    50    34     12   2    1/21-24/02        2    50    36     10   1
4/94       3    51    33     11   2    2/24-26/02 CBS    1    52    38      7   2
6/94       3    51    32     11   3    5/13-14/02 CBS    4    62    27      7   -
7/94       3    50    35     11   1    6/18-20/02 CBS    3    56    30      9   2
9/94       2    51    33     13   2    7/8-9/02 CBS      3    53    31     12   2
9/94       3    50    34     11   2    7/13-16/02        2    47    36     13   2
11/94      2    53    33     10   1    7/22-23/02 CBS    3    42    39     14   2
1/95       3    57    28     11   1    8/6-7/02 CBS      2    45    38     13   2 
2/95       5    53    29     12   2    9/2-5/02          3    47    36     14   1 
3/95       3    52    29     13   3    9/22-23/02 CBS    3    48    37     10   2
7/95       3    58    26     11   2    10/3-6/02         4    39    42     14   2
10/27-31/02       1    44    38     15   1
11/20-24/02       2    46    37     13   2

6. Do you think the economy is getting better, getting worse, or staying about the same?


         Better Worse Same DK/NA                    Better Worse Same DK/NA
9/76        25    30   41    4      8/93 CBS          12     30   56    2
10/76A      18    36   44    2      9/93              14     26   58    1   
10/76B      22    35   39    3      11/93             19     24   57    1   
1/77        16    27   54    3      1/94              31     17   51    1    
4/77        18    31   48    4      4/94              24     25   50    1    
7/77        22    22   52    4      7/94              22     21   56    1    
1/78        17    34   45    4      9/94              23     27   50    1    
4/78        12    48   38    2      1/94              20     26   53    1    
6/78         9    58   31    2      1/95 CBS          24     22   53    1    
9/78         9    55   34    2      2/95              27     20   53    1    
1/79         7    59   31    3      3/95              18     27   53    2    
6/79         3    72   22    3      8/95              14     27   58    1    
11/79        5    70   24    1      10/95             13     27   57    2    
4/80         2    81   16    1      2/95              16     26   56    2    
10/80A      14    46   37    4      1/96              13     31   54    2    
11/80        8    58   33    2      2/96              14     29   55    2    
1/81         4    58   35    3      4/96              14     32   53    2    
3/82        16    48   34    2      6/96              13     29   57    1    
1/83        21    39   39    1      6/96 NYT          18     22   58    1    
10/86*      19    27   52    1      7/96              16     27   55    2    
10/87A      12    37   47    3      8/96C             17     23   57    3    
10/87BNYT   11    39   46    4      9/96              23     21   54    2    
11/87       11    41   46    3      10/96             26     19   53    2    
1/88        12    35   51    2      11/96             24     19   55    2    
5/88        21    34   42    3      12/96             19     21   57    2    
9/88*       15    27   56    2      1/97              24     19   56    1    
10/88A*     17    27   53    3      4/97              16     25   57    1    
10/88A*     17    27   53    2      7/97 CBS          27     20   52    1    
11/88B      14    25   58    2      11/97 CBS         23     19   55    3    
1/90         8    36   53    2      12/97             29     18   51    2    
8/90         4    55   40    1      1/98              32     13   55    1    
10/90        2    69   28    2      10/98A            20     26   53    2   
10/90B       3    67   28    1      10/98B            23     21   53    2   
1/91 CBS     7    46   45    2      2/00              30     15   52    2  
2/91 CBS     8    41   45    6      1/01 CBS          11     39   49    1    
3/91        19    32   47    2      2/01 CBS           8     46   44    2    
4/91        18    33   47    2      3/8-12/01          7     41   49    2
6/91        23    29   47    1      4/01A CBS         10     43   44    3    
10/91D      14    40   44    2      4/01B CBS          9     48   41    2
11/91        8    44   46    2      5/01 CBS          10     44   44    2
1/92A        8    47   44    1      6/14-18/01         9     40   50    1 
1/92B        9    45   44    1      9/20-23/01         8     55   35    2    
2/92B       13    38   48    1      10/25-28/01       14     37   46    2
3/92        20    26   53    1      12/07-10/01       19     34   45    2 
4/92        18    31   50    1      1/5-6/02CBS       26     27   44    3
7/92        12    33   54    1      1/15-17/02CBS     20     33   45    2
8/92A       10    36   53    1      1/21-24/02        18     33   48    1
9/92A       10    33   55    2      5/13-14/02 CBS    31     18   51    -
10/92A       9    38   51    1      7/13-16/02        14     41   44    2
10/92C      12    37   49    2      10/3-5/02         13     39   46    2
10/92D      17    33   48    2      10/27-31/02       17     34   48    1    
10/92E      17    32   49    2      11/20-24/02       19     30   50    2
12/92       29    17   51    3
1/93        26    18   55    1        
2/93        32    15   51    2        
3/93        21    19   58    2
6/93A       13    26   60    1

ROTATE BETWEEN QUESTIONS 7 AND 8.

7. In general, is your opinion of the Republican party favorable or not favorable?


           Fav  Not fav  DK/NA                   Fav  Not fav  DK/NA
11/84A*     59     32      8    1/97              50     41      9
11/84B      60     31      9    10/98B            45     46      8
12/85 NYT   58     29     14    12/98             42     51      8
11/88B      57     34     10    12/17             33     57     10
1/90        63     28      9    12/19             36     59      5
4/90        58     34      8    12/20             36     58      6
6/91        62     28     10    1/99 CBS          38     55      7
5/92 CBS    46     45      9    1/99 CBS          42     49      9
6/92        49     43      8    1/99              41     52      8
7/92*       46     47      7    2/99 CBS          40     49     11
8/92*       47     48      5    6/99 CBS          41     47     12
1/94        52     36     12    9/99 CBS          43     45     12
9/94        52     36     10    11/99             48     43      9
11/94       54     39      7    2/00              49     41     10
11/94 CBS   59     33      8    5/00*             53     40      8
1/95 CBS    53     38      9    7/00B*            54     41      5
2/95        54     37      8    9/00D*            49     44      7
4/95        54     40      6    11/00L            49     44      7
8/95        54     37      9    3/8-12/01         54     39      7
4/96*       43     51      7    6/14-18/01        46     47      8
8/96*       46     47      7    8/28-31/01 CBS    46     47      8
8/96B* CBS  47     43     10    1/21-24/02        58     33      9
8/96C*      52     42      6    7/13-16/02        53     38      8
8/96D* CBS  48     43      9    10/3-5/02         53     39      8
9/96*       48     44      7    10/27-31/02       54     35     11
11/20-24/02       51     39     10

8. In general, is your opinion of the Democratic party favorable or not favorable?


           Fav   Not fav   DK/NA                  Fav   Not fav   DK/NA 
11/84A*     46     43       11    1/97             55     39        7
12/85 NYT   59     27       14    12/98            56     36        8
11/88B      54     36       10    12/17            56     35        8
1/90        58     32       10    12/19            65     31        5
4/90        54     35       11    12/20            60     34        5
6/91        52     34       13    1/99 CBS         61     32        7
5/92 CBS    46     43       10    1/99 CBS         55     36        9
6/92        49     40       11    1/99             56     37        6
7/92*       49     43        8    2/99             57     32       11
8/92*       57     37        6    6/99             51     36       13
1/94        49     40       12    9/99             53     37       10
9/94        48     44        8    11/99            52     39        9
11/94       44     48        8    2/00             61     31        9
11/94 CBS   40     52        8    5/00*            54     40        6
1/95 CBS    47     47        6    7/00B*           56     39        5
2/95        47     45        8    9/00D*           58     36        6
4/95        48     45        7    11/00L           56     37        7
8/95        47     45        8    3/8-12/01        55     38        7
4/96*       46     47        6    6/14-18/01       56     36        9
8/96*       55     39        6    8/28-31/01 CBS   53     40        7
8/96B* CBS  52     39        9    1/21-24/02       58     34        8
8/96C*      53     40        6    7/13-16/02       53     36       11
8/96D* CBS  57     36        7    10/3-5/02        53     39        8 
9/96*       56     39        5    10/27-31/02      55     36        9
11/20-24/02      45     44       11

ROTATE BETWEEN QUESTIONS 9 AND 10.

9. Do you think the Democrats have a clear plan for the country, or don't the Democrats have a clear plan for the country?


                Yes    No    DK/NA
10/27-31/02*1    31    49     20
11/20-24/02      31    52     17

1 VARIED WORDING: Regardless of how you intend to vote, do you think the Democrats have a clear plan for the country if they gain control of Congress this fall, or don't the Democrats have a clear plan for the country?

10. Do you think the Republicans have a clear plan for the country, or don't the Republicans have a clear plan for the country?


                Yes    No    DK/NA
10/27-31/02*1    42    39     18
11/20-24/02      46    39     15

1 VARIED WORDING: REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU INTEND TO VOTE, DO YOU THINK THE REPUBLICANS HAVE A CLEAR PLAN FOR THE COUNTRY IF THEY GAIN CONTROL OF CONGRESS THIS FALL, OR DON'T THE REPUBLICANS HAVE A CLEAR PLAN FOR THE COUNTRY?

VOTE 2002 Did you vote for U.S. House of Representatives in the elections held earlier this month, did something prevent you from voting, or did you choose not to vote for U.S. House of Representatives this month?

IF VOTED, ASK: In the election for U.S. House of Representatives, did you vote for the Republican candidate or the Democratic candidate in your district?


              Rep.   Dem.   Other   Didn't vote   DK/NA
11/20-24/02    24     25      2        48           2

QUESTIONS 11-14 ASKED OF THOSE WHO VOTED IN 2002.

11. Do you think there are any important differences in what the Democratic and Republican parties stand for?


                     Yes    No    DK/NA
8/2-7/80              40    43     17 
9/10-14/80            49    38     13
11/7-12/80            43    45     12
4/22-26/81            47    44      9
11/10-16/88           58    36      6
10/28-31/90           53    39      8
5/27-30/92 CBS        52    40      8
1/10-20/95 CBS        63    31      6
9/8-10/88 CBS         60    32      8         
11/20-24/02 VTD 02    77    18      5

IF ANSWERED AYES@ TO QUESTION 11, ASK:

12. What's the most important difference in what the Democratic and Republican parties stand for?


11/20-24/02            
For/Not for the people        11
For the rich/For the poor      9
Ideology                      24
Government spending            8
Domestic programs              3
Economy                       10
Social programs                7
Taxes                          6
Abortion                       3    
Military/Defense policy        2
Terrorism/National security    1
Other                          5
DK/NA                         11

ASK EITHER QUESTION 13 OR 14.

13. Did you think of your vote for Congress this fall as a vote for George W. Bush, a vote against George W. Bush, or didn't you think of your vote this fall as being about George W. Bush=s presidency?


                     For    Against
                     GWB      GWB    Bush not a factor  DK/NA
11/20-24/02 VTD 02    35       17          43             5

VARIED WORDING: DO YOU THINK OF YOUR VOTE FOR CONGRESS THIS FALL AS A VOTE FOR GEORGE W. BUSH, OR AS A VOTE AGAINST GEORGE W. BUSH, OR ISN'T GEORGE W. BUSH MUCH OF A FACTOR IN YOUR VOTE FOR CONGRESS?


               FOR    AGAINST
               GWB      GWB    BUSH NOT A FACTOR    WON'T VOTE(VOL.)  DK/NA
7/13-16/02*     26      16           51                     1           6
10/3-5/02*      32      20           40                     1           7
10/27-31/02*    31      19           40                                10

14. Did you think of your vote for Congress this fall as a vote for George W. Bush's policies, a vote against George W. Bush's policies, or didn't you think of your vote this fall as being about George W. Bush's policies?


                   For GWB     Against     GWB Policies        
                   Policies    Policies    not a factor    DK/NA
11/20-24/02 VTD 02    30          24           37            8

15. If George W. Bush is renominated as the Republican Party's nominee for president in 2004, do you think you will probably vote for George W. Bush, or vote for the Democratic candidate, or don't you know yet?


              Bush    Dem. candidate    Don't know yet    DK/NA
11/20-24/02    32          18                 47            2

16. Do you think the Democrats should give Al Gore another chance to run and nominate him for President in 2004, or do you think the Democrats should nominate someone new in 2004?


       Gore another chance    Someone new    Deprends(vol)    DK/NA
11/20-24/02    27                 62               3            9

17. When the new Congress begins in January, which party will have more seats -- the Republicans or the Democrats?


           Republicans    Democrats    DK/NA
11/20-24/02    78             8         14

18. In general, are you pleased or disappointed with the outcome of the November elections for Congress, or don't you care much one way or the other?


                 Pleased    Disappointed    Don't care much    DK/NA
11/27-28/94 CBS    49          24                  20            7
11/16-17/98 CBS    42          22                  27            9
11/20-24/02        37          26                  31            6

19. Which one issue was most important issue in deciding who to vote for for U.S. House of Representatives?


                   10/27-31/02* 11/20-24/02    
Health Care/MEDICARE    2            3
Social Security         2            2
Education              11            4
Taxes                   5            3
Economy                15           10
Defense                 3            1
Foreign Policy          2            3
Jobs                    4            -
Abortion                2            3
War                     7            2
Politicians/Government  5            2
Osama Bin Laden         -          
Terrorism general       2          
Campaign                2          
Other                  20           31
DK/NA                  18           36