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In response to "his avoids the false dilemma presented by Gallup by including the policy options that were actually under consideration, rather than presenting it as" by znufrii

same question I raised to Jack below

Posted by Strongbad (aka Rambler14) Dec 9 '10, 06:57

If what you say is true and Gallup presented this as an "all-or-nothing" choice,

then how could they present the following data in their results?

85 percent of Republicans supported extension of tax cuts; 52 percent of Democrats did. 84 percent of Democrats supported the extension of unemployment benefits; 43 percent of Republicans felt the same

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I'm ignoring the unemployment question altogether, and focusing solely on their approach to the tax cut issue. - znufrii Dec 9, 06:59 4
- They included the middle option. That's 1 primary difference, yes. - Strongbad Dec 9, 07:07 3
  - and all I'm saying is that the false dilemma explains the difference. The results are not comparable as they are not actually asking the same question - znufrii Dec 9, 07:10 2
    - I understand. Jack's use of the word "hostage package" above made me think both of you were including the unemployment benefits + the tax extension. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 9, 07:14 1
      - My mistake was assuming you and Jack were coming from the same angle. - Strongbad Dec 9, 07:19

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same question I raised to Jack below

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