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Iowa & N.H. Power in Picking President

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I've lived my life in New York and California, never missed voting, and never had a voice in choosing a presidential candidate. Every four years candidates and media spend attention on the Iowa Caucuses & New Hampshire Primaries. A Majority of candidates will drop out before they get to any races beyond New Hampshire. Do these two small states have too much power in choosing a president?
LARGE STATE RESIDENT (if you come from one of the ten largest population U.S. states) how do you feel about Iowa Straw Poll getting a lot of media coverage?
It's great -- those people in Iowa cared enough to come out to voite
It's good -- gets people thinking about presidential candidates
It doesn't matter
It's overblown -- a few hard-core party faithful have swayed attention to certain candidates
It's absurd -- Mitt Romney spent $442 per vote for 3,500 votes it was treated like a "victory"
SMALL STATE RESIDENT (if you come from one of the 40 smallest population U.S. states) how do you feel about Iowa Straw Poll getting a lot of media coverage?
It's great -- those voters in Iowa cared enough to come out and express their opinions
It's good -- it gets people paying attention to the presidential race
It doesn't matter
It's overblown -- a few party faithful have swayed media attention to certain candidates
It's absurd -- Mitt Romney spent $442 per vote for 4,500 votes and the media treated it like a "victory"
LARGE STATE RESIDENTS -- Is it right that results from Iowa and New Hampshire cause candidates to drop out of the presidential race before you're able to vote.
Yes
Not Sure
No
SMALL STATE RESIDENTS -- Is it right that results from Iowa and New Hampshire cause candidates to drop out of the presidential race before other states are able to vote.
Yes
Not Sure
No
LARGE STATE RESIDENTS -- Does it matter that Iowa and New Hampshire are 96% white, do not have any large cities and demographically do not represent the rest of America?
Yes it matters that they're nonrepresentative
Don't Know
No it doesn't matter
SMALL STATE RESIDENTS -- Does it matter that Iowa and New Hampshire are 96% white, do not have any large cities and demographically do not represent the rest of America?
Yes it matters that they're nonrepresentative
Don't Know
No it doesn't matter
LARGE STATE RESIDENTS -- Do you think it is fair and democratic that California's 36-million residents have 2 U.S. Senators. Meanwhile there are 42 U.S. Senators representing the 21 smallest U.S. states?
Yes it's democratic, that's the American way
It doesn't matter
No, those state borders were drawn in a different era and the representation is outdated now
SMALL STATE RESIDENTS -- Do you think it is fair and democratic that California's 36-million residents have 2 U.S. Senators. Meanwhile there are 42 U.S. Senators representing the 21 smallest U.S. states?
Yes it's democratic, it's the American way
Don't Know
No, it's unfair, those state borders were drawn in a different era and are outdated now for representation
LARGE STATE RESIDENTS do you think politicians...
pay too much attention to large cities and states?
give equal time to everyone
pay too much attention to rural less populated states?
SMALL STATE RESIDENTS do you think politicians...
pay too much attention to large cities and states?
give equal time to everyone
pay too much attention to rural less populated states?
LARGE STATE RESIDENTS do you think media...
pays too much attention to large states and big cities?
gives equal coverage to everyone
pays too much attention to less populated states?
SMALL STATE RESIDENTS do you think media...
pays too much attention to large states and big cities?
gives equal coverage to everyone
pays too much attention to less populated states?
U.S. CITIZENS If you think Iowa and New Hampshire have too much power in selecting a president, will you contact media outlets and tell them to cut down on the coverage?
Yes I will contact newspaper and tv stations
I agree but I'm not the kind to contact tv or newspapers
No I don't think it's worth contacting anyone
No I feel the opposite and may even call my newspaper to tell them to run more stories about Iowa Caucuses!
If you agree that these two states have too much power in selecting a president, will you post some ideas of what we can do to change things?
Yes I will post ideas
I may have ideas but won't post them
I don't have any ideas
I disagree adn may even come up with ideas to bolster attention to Iowa and N.H.!
This poll was created on 2007-08-18 00:18:34 by Gorilla B