Tuesday, October 13, 2009

American Public Says Government Leaders Should Pay Attention to Polls

A follow-up on yesterday's discussion about whether politicians should pay attention to polls. Here is a 2008 public opinion poll that details some of the public's thoughts.

http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/governance_bt/461.php?nid=&id=&pnt=461

March 21, 2008

"In sharp contrast to views recently expressed by Vice President Cheney, a new poll finds that an overwhelming majority of Americans believe government leaders should pay attention to public opinion polls and that the public should generally have more influence over government leaders than it does..." [Click the link for the rest of the article and the questionnaire].


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