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[[Hopewell Foundation - Survivor Polling]]
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There's a pretty good breakdown of the info at the Gallup Organization's homepage
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http://www.gallup.com/help/FAQs/poll1.asp 
  
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'''Have you read or heard anything about a group of people called the Survivors or the Godlike?'''
 
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but the quick version works like this:
  
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'''How much have you read or heard?'''
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1. Work out a series of carefully-worded, non-leading opinion questions with multiple choice answers. Usually the answers are opposites (yes/no, more likely/less likely, approve/disapprove, Bush/Kerry, etc.), but you leave a third option open for undecided/I don't know answers. Ask however many questions you want, but more questions gives you better data to work with (to a point, anyway).   (We should, all of us, probably kick in a few poll questions to help you out there, but I'd bet you can pull some from a few polls out there or get some forum folks somewhere to give you a bunch.)
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  <td width="36%" bgcolor=#000099><font color=#FFFFFF>A Lot (36%)</font></td>
 
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  <td width="21%" bgcolor=#006600><font color=#FFFFFF>Some (21%)</font></td>
 
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   <td width="43%" bgcolor=#990000><font color=#FFFFFF>Very Little (43%)</font></td>
 
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2. Choose a target demographic ("Americans of voting age," "UW Students," etc.) and select a random sample of them to call. You typically poll 1,000 people (well, until you get 1,000 answers) - it's accurate to +/- 3% and a larger number doesn't improve that accuracy much, but does cost more.
  
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'''Do you believe that the Survivors exist?'''
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3. You hire people to make calls and conduct the poll. These people ask the questions and record, anonymously, the responses.
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  <td width="71%" bgcolor=#000099><font color=#FFFFFF>Yes (71%)</font></td>
 
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  <td width="7%" bgcolor=#006600><font color=#FFFFFF>Not Sure (7%)</font></td>   
 
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  <td width="21%" bgcolor=#990000><font color=#FFFFFF>No (21%)</font></td>
 
  
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4. When you successfully poll 1,000 people (the most cost-effective number; it has an accuracy of +/- 3%), you put your data in a report with colored bar graphs and percentage numbers ("60% in favor, 30% opposed, with 10% undecided"), as well as an analysis of what those numbers mean ("Steve, people totally hate you").
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'''Do you feel that you have as much information about the Survivors as you want, or would you prefer to have more information about them?'''
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WHO is doing this polling??
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  <td width="14%" bgcolor=#000099><font color=#FFFFFF>Enough (14%)</font></td>
 
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  <td width="86%" bgcolor=#990000><font color=#FFFFFF>More (86%)</font></td>
 
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Anyone. Seriously, there are a few companies that exist to do polling (Gallup is the most well-known), as well as private pollsters (Joey Lucas on The West Wing, for example). Every news agency does their own polls, too, and most major corporations have their marketing firms do polls for them.
  
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We'll probably see CNN, MSNBC, etc. polls on the Survivors, but we'd want to do our own, too. That's so we can compare numbers and also because each poll will have a few unique questions. We could conduct the poll ourselves ("internal polling") or hire someone to do it for us; the later is considered more accurate, so it's what I'd lean for, esp. with the Foundation just starting up.
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'''Do you believe that the Survivors are basically just like you and me?'''
 
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  <td width="43%" bgcolor=#000099><font color=#FFFFFF>Yes (43%)</font></td>
 
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  <td width="7%" bgcolor=#006600><font color=#FFFFFF>Not Sure (7%)</font></td>
 
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  <td width="50%" bgcolor=#990000><font color=#FFFFFF>No (50%)</font></td>
 
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'''Do you believe that the Survivors are still human?'''
 
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  <td width="36%" bgcolor=#000099><font color=#FFFFFF>Yes (36%)</font></td>
 
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  <td width="29%" bgcolor=#006600><font color=#FFFFFF>Not Sure (29%)</font></td>
 
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  <td width="36%" bgcolor=#990000><font color=#FFFFFF>No (36%)</font></td>
 
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'''Do you believe that the Survivors are entitled to the same rights as other people?'''
 
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  <td width="50%" bgcolor=#000099><font color=#FFFFFF>Yes (50%)</font></td>
 
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  <td width="21%" bgcolor=#006600><font color=#FFFFFF>Not Sure (21%)</font></td>
 
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'''Do you believe that the Survivors have superhuman powers?'''
 
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  <td width="64%" bgcolor=#000099><font color=#FFFFFF>Yes (64%)</font></td>
 
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  <td width="14%" bgcolor=#006600><font color=#FFFFFF>Not Sure (14%)</font></td>
 
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'''Many of the Survivors (claim to) have superhuman powers. (If these claims are true,) Should they be required to register their powers with the Federal government?'''
 
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  <td width="21%" bgcolor=#000099><font color=#FFFFFF>No (21%)</font></td>
 
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'''Do you think that the Survivors have a greater responsibility for public service than other people?'''
 
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  <td width="7%" bgcolor=#006600><font color=#FFFFFF>Not Sure (7%)</font></td>
 
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'''Do you think that the government should force military service on any Survivors it deems valuable?'''
 
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  <td width="71%" bgcolor=#000099><font color=#FFFFFF>No (71%)</font></td>
 
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'''Do you think that the government has that right?'''
 
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'''Do you think that Survivors with the power to do so should stop crimes they see happening, even if this makes them vigilantes?'''
 
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  <td width="36%" bgcolor=#000099><font color=#FFFFFF>Yes (36%)</font></td>
 
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  <td width="21%" bgcolor=#006600><font color=#FFFFFF>Not Sure (21%)</font></td>
 
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  <td width="43%" bgcolor=#990000><font color=#FFFFFF>No (43%)</font></td>
 
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'''Do you think that Survivors with the power to stop crimes from happening should be punished for not doing so?'''
 
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  <td width="79%" bgcolor=#000099><font color=#FFFFFF>No (79%)</font></td>
 
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'''Do you think that Survivors who try to prevent crimes and fail should be punished for their failures?'''
 
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'''Do you think that current laws are enough to handle Survivors who decide to use their powers illegally?'''
 
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  <td width="14%" bgcolor=#000099><font color=#FFFFFF>Yes (14%)</font></td>
 
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  <td width="7%" bgcolor=#006600><font color=#FFFFFF>Not Sure (7%)</font></td>
 
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  <td width="79%" bgcolor=#990000><font color=#FFFFFF>No (79%)</font></td>
 
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'''Do you think that the Survivors are a threat to the general American public?'''
 
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  <td width="14%" bgcolor=#000099><font color=#FFFFFF>No (14%)</font></td>
 
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  <td width="36%" bgcolor=#006600><font color=#FFFFFF>Not Sure (36%)</font></td>
 
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'''If so, How much of a threat do you feel the Survivors are?'''
 
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  <td width="29%" bgcolor=#000099><font color=#FFFFFF>Small (29%)</font></td>
 
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  <td width="29%" bgcolor=#006600><font color=#FFFFFF>Moderate (29%)</font></td>
 
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  <td width="43%" bgcolor=#990000><font color=#FFFFFF>Serious (43%)</font></td>
 
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'''If not, How likely do you think it is that the Survivors will become a threat to the general American public?'''
 
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  <td widtch="7%" bgcolor=#000099><font color=#FFFFFF>Not Likely At All (7%)</font></td>
 
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  <td width="36%" bgcolor=#006600><font color=#FFFFFF>Not Very Likely (36%)</font></td>
 
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  <td width="21%" bgcolor=#FFCC00><font color=#FFFFFF>Somewhat Likely (21%)</font></td>
 
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  <td width="36%" bgcolor=#990000><font color=#FFFFFF>Very Likely (36%)</font></td>
 
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'''Would you say that the Survivors or terrorism are a bigger threat to the general American public?'''
 
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  <td width="43%" bgcolor=#000099><font color=#FFFFFF>Terrorists (43%)</font></td>
 
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  <td width="57%" bgcolor=#990000><font color=#FFFFFF>Survivors (57%)</font></td>
 
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'''Do you think that the Survivors should be separated from the general American public?'''
 
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'''Should warnings be issued to neighborhoods where Survivors live, alerting their communities that a Survivor is in residence?'''
 
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'''How worried are you that you or someone you know will be hurt by one of the Survivors?'''
 
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  <td width="21%" bgcolor=#000099><font color=#FFFFFF>Not At All Worried (21%)</font></td>
 
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  <td width="21%" bgcolor=#FFCC00><font color=#FFFFFF>Somewhat Worried (21%)</font></td>
 
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'''Do you agree with the federal government's decision to keep the existence of the Survivors secret from the American public between September 11, 2001 and January 20, 2005?'''<table BORDER CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=3 width="100%">
 
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  <td width="21%" bgcolor=#006600><font color=#FFFFFF>Government (21%)</font></td>
 
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'''Do you think that the Survivors are likely to have a positive impact on America?'''
 
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