Did you attend one of the political party conventions this year? |
Yes, as a delegate or alternate:
1%
Yes, as a party official, candidate, or campaign staffer:
1%
Yes, as a journalist or blogger:
1%
Yes, as a guest or a spouse:
2%
Yes, as a vendor:
1%
No:
94%
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Which political party's convention would you have most liked to attend this year?
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Constitution Party (Kansas City):
1%
Democratic Party (Denver):
65%
Green Party (Chicago):
3%
Libertarian Party (Denver):
3%
Republican Party (St. Paul):
28%
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Which political party do you think will get the biggest polling bounce for its candidates from its convention this year? |
Constitution Party:
0%
Democratic Party:
37%
Green Party:
0%
Libertarian Party:
1%
Republican Party:
47%
No polling bounces this year:
14%
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Do you think that the St. Louis region should put in a bid to land either the Democratic or Republican national convention in 2012? |
Yes, the Democratic convention:
34%
Yes, the Republican convention:
4%
Yes, put in bids for both and see if we get one:
49%
No:
10%
No, but put in bids for one of the minor party conventions:
3%
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At which political convention, the Democrats or the Republicans, would you expect to find the best after-hours parties? |
Democrats:
72%
Republicans:
28%
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Do you believe that Sen. John McCain made the right decision to scale back the Republican convention and change its tone because of Hurricane Gustav? |
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In general, do you think that the Republican presidential ticket is hurt or helped by a scaled back national convention? |
Helped:
29%
Hurt:
11%
No effect:
60%
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How would you describe Gov. Sarah Palin's convention speech? |
Great speech:
36%
Good, but better than I expected:
26%
Good, but worse than I expected:
6%
Bad speech:
14%
Didn't see it:
19%
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Which of the following speakers not named Obama or Clinton do you think gave the best speech at the Democratic convention? |
Biden:
14%
Carter:
1%
Gore:
7%
Kennedy:
24%
Kerry:
4%
Pelosi:
2%
Ritter:
0%
Schweitzer:
14%
Warner:
1%
Someone else:
7%
I don't know:
27%
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From everything you saw or heard, in a combined husband/wife ranking, which couple gave the better speeches at the Democratic convention? |
Obamas:
41%
Clintons:
41%
Didn't see any of them:
19%
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Which statement comes closest to your personal feelings about the decision to site Senator Barack Obama's acceptance speech in front of 80,000 people at Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium? |
Perfect:
29%
Great:
34%
Good try:
16%
Sort of a let down:
10%
Flop:
10%
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Which of the following statements best describes why you follow media coverage of political conventions? |
For entertainment:
20%
For information:
63%
Because the media don't cover anything else those nights:
7%
I don't follow political conventions:
11%
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Which TV news source have you most watched for convention coverage this year? |
ABC:
2%
CBS:
3%
CNN:
17%
C-Span:
6%
Fox:
12%
NBC:
21%
PBS:
27%
Something else:
6%
I haven't watched any TV convention coverage at all:
7%
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In general, what letter grade would you give the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's overall coverage of this year's Democratic and Republican political conventions? |
A:
4%
B:
19%
C:
30%
D:
9%
F:
5%
Incomplete, because they gave one convention much better coverage than the other:
7%
Incomplete, because I didn't follow any of their coverage at all:
27%
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Besides Mayor Francis Slay's own blog, did you read any blogs from the Democratic or Republican conventions? |
Yes, a lot:
7%
Yes, some:
26%
No, not really:
33%
No, and I didn't even read Mayor's Slay's blog:
34%
Maybe - explain what a blog is:
1%
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BONUS DEMOGRAPHIC QUESTION:
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For each of the following pairs of words you might hear at a political convention, pick the one that you personally find more powerful:
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Experienced: 34% |
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Competent: 66% |
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Change: 63% |
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Reform: 37% |
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Democrat: 55% |
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Not George W. Bush: 45% |
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Not male: 61% |
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Not white: 39% |
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Fresh: 77% |
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Different: 23% |
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Maverick: 38% |
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Outside the box: 62% |
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