•Contradicting polls results have been published on a continual basis over the past 10 years
•Both sides use techniques to skew the results:
–Preliminary questions to elevate concerns
•Remind people about continuing Russian/ Chinese threat
–Introductory clause
•“knowing that…” (US cannot currently stop one incoming missile…/ many scientists conclude that it is unlikely
such a system will work…)
–Compare costs to another cause (popular/unpopular)
•Health care and education/ peacekeeping in Bosnia
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