Iowa & N.H. Power in Picking 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?
| 0% (0) | It's great -- those people in Iowa cared enough to come out to voite | |
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| 0% (0) | It's good -- gets people thinking about presidential candidates | |
| 0% (0) | It doesn't matter | |
| 100% (1) | It's overblown -- a few hard-core party faithful have swayed attention to certain candidates | |
| 0% (0) | It's absurd -- Mitt Romney spent $442 per vote for 3,500 votes it was treated like a "victory" |
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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?
| 0% (0) | It's great -- those voters in Iowa cared enough to come out and express their opinions | |
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| 0% (0) | It's good -- it gets people paying attention to the presidential race | |
| 100% (1) | It doesn't matter | |
| 0% (0) | It's overblown -- a few party faithful have swayed media attention to certain candidates | |
| 0% (0) | It's absurd -- Mitt Romney spent $442 per vote for 4,500 votes and the media treated it like a "victory" |
1 voters have answered this question.
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.
| 0% (0) | Yes | |
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| 0% (0) | Not Sure | |
| 100% (1) | No |
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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.
| 100% (1) | Yes | |
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| 0% (0) | Not Sure | |
| 0% (0) | No |
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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?
| 100% (1) | Yes it matters that they're nonrepresentative | |
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| 0% (0) | Don't Know | |
| 0% (0) | No it doesn't matter |
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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?
| 0% (0) | Yes it matters that they're nonrepresentative | |
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| 0% (0) | Don't Know | |
| 100% (1) | No it doesn't matter |
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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?
| 0% (0) | Yes it's democratic, that's the American way | |
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| 0% (0) | It doesn't matter | |
| 100% (1) | No, those state borders were drawn in a different era and the representation is outdated now |
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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?
| 100% (1) | Yes it's democratic, it's the American way | |
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| 0% (0) | Don't Know | |
| 0% (0) | No, it's unfair, those state borders were drawn in a different era and are outdated now for representation |
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LARGE STATE RESIDENTS do you think politicians...
| 0% (0) | pay too much attention to large cities and states? | |
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| 0% (0) | give equal time to everyone | |
| 100% (1) | pay too much attention to rural less populated states? |
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SMALL STATE RESIDENTS do you think politicians...
| 0% (0) | pay too much attention to large cities and states? | |
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| 0% (0) | give equal time to everyone | |
| 0% (0) | pay too much attention to rural less populated states? |
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LARGE STATE RESIDENTS do you think media...
| 0% (0) | pays too much attention to large states and big cities? | |
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| 0% (0) | gives equal coverage to everyone | |
| 100% (1) | pays too much attention to less populated states? |
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SMALL STATE RESIDENTS do you think media...
| 0% (0) | pays too much attention to large states and big cities? | |
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| 0% (0) | gives equal coverage to everyone | |
| 0% (0) | pays too much attention to less populated states? |
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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?
| 100% (1) | Yes I will contact newspaper and tv stations | |
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| 0% (0) | I agree but I'm not the kind to contact tv or newspapers | |
| 0% (0) | No I don't think it's worth contacting anyone | |
| 0% (0) | No I feel the opposite and may even call my newspaper to tell them to run more stories about Iowa Caucuses! |
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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?
| 0% (0) | Yes I will post ideas | |
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| 0% (0) | I may have ideas but won't post them | |
| 0% (0) | I don't have any ideas | |
| 100% (1) | I disagree adn may even come up with ideas to bolster attention to Iowa and N.H.! |
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