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In general, do you think that free trade with other countries is good
or bad for the United States?
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Good
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64
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Bad
|
27
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Don't know
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9
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Organization: Pew
Date: February 2000
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Generally speaking, is free trade good for America?
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Yes
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55%
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No
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16
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Not sure
|
29
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Organization: Rasmussen Research
Date: APR 18, 1999
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Do you support free trade?
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Yes
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76
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No
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16
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DK/Ref
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8
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Organization: Penn, Schoen & Berland
Date: July 27, 1997
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Do you favor or oppose a policy of free trade? (Gallup)
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Favor
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54%
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|
Oppose
|
33
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No Opinion
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12
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Organization: Gallup
Population Size: approx. 800
Date: April 2, 1953
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For each item on this list, tell me if you think it is happening a lot
more, somewhat more, only a little more or not more these days than
five years ago . . .. Trade and business ties between...the United States...and
other countries
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A lot more
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39%
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Somewhat
more
|
28
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|
Only a
little more
|
16
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Not more
|
9
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Don't
know/Refused
|
8
|
|
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|
What do
you think about the growing trade and business ties between...the United
States...and other countries--do you think it is a very good thing, somewhat
good, somewhat bad or a very bad thing for our country?
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Very good
|
21%
|
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Somewhat
good
|
57
|
|
Somewhat
bad
|
14
|
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Very bad
|
4
|
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Don't
know/Refused
|
4
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|
Organization:��� Pew Research Center, Princeton Survey
Research Associates. Date: AUG to SEP 2002
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| [4]
Question: (Now, let me ask something different. I'm going to read you
some words and phrases and ask you to rate how well each describes you
personally.� Please use a scale from 0 to 10, where '10' represents a description
that is perfect for you, and '0' represents a description that is totally
wrong for you. You can choose any number between 0 and 10.) On this
scale of 0 to 10, how well does�a supporter of free trade with other
countries describe you?
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0 or totally wrong description
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5%
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1-2
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4
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3-4
|
9
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5
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20
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6-7
|
21
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8-9
|
22
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10 or Perfect description
|
16
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Don�t know/refused
|
3
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Mean=6.4
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Organization:
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, Democracy Corps
Date:
APR 2 to APR 4, 2002
Study
Note: National Registered Likely Voters Are Registered Voters
Who Voted In The 2000 Presidential Elections, Were Ineligible/Too Young
To Vote, And They Said They Will Probably Vote Or Are Almost Certain
To Vote In The 2002 Elections For Congress.
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| [5]
Now thinking about you and your family--do you think the growing trade
and business ties between our country and other countries are very good,
somewhat good, somewhat bad or very bad for you and your family?
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Very
good
|
20%
|
|
Somewhat
good
|
59
|
|
Somewhat
bad
|
11
|
|
Very
bad
|
4
|
|
Don't
know/Refused
|
7
|
|
Organization:
Pew Research Center, Princeton Survey Research Associates
Date:
AUG 19 to SEP 8, 2002
Study
Note: This
International Study Included Surveys In 43 Countries In Addition To The
United States.
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| [6]
(For each of the following, please indicate how much credit, if any,
they deserve for the positive state of the economy in the past few years--a
great deal, a fair amount, not much or none at all.) How about...the
increase in foreign trade?
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A great deal
|
25%
|
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A fair amount
|
42
|
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Not much
|
19
|
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None at all
|
7
|
|
No opinion
|
7
|
|
Organization: Gallup / Cable News Network, U.S.A. Today
Date: JUN 22-25, 2000
|
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|
|
On balance, do you think trade with other countries--both
buying and selling products--is good for the U.S (United States) economy, or
is it bad for the U.S. economy, or does it have no effect?
|
|
Good
|
69%
|
|
Bad
|
17
|
|
No effect
|
7
|
|
Don't know/No answer
|
7
|
|
Organization: CBS News
Date: OCT 27, 1996
|
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| [7]
Generally speaking, do you believe that free international trade has
helped the economy, or hurt the economy, or hasn't free international
trade made a difference one way or the other to the economy?
|
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Helped
|
39%
|
|
Hurt
|
30
|
|
No difference
|
18
|
|
Don't know
|
13
|
|
Organization: Los Angeles Times
Population Size: 1258
Date: SEP 9, 1997
|
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|
|
| [8]
Increasing US (United States) exports to other countries around the
globe. Is this a very important, somewhat important, not very important
or not at all important part of a strategy to improve America's economy?
|
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Very
important
|
51%
|
|
Somewhat
important
|
36
|
|
Not very
important
|
10
|
|
Not at
all important
|
2
|
|
Don't
know
|
1
|
|
Organization:
Democratic Leadership Council; Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates. Date:
JUL 13 to JUL 15, 2002
|
|
|
| [9]
What about the different products that are now available from different
parts of the world--do you think this is a very good thing, somewhat
good, somewhat bad or a very bad thing for our country?
|
|
Very
good
|
30%
|
|
Somewhat
good
|
51
|
|
Somewhat
bad
|
12
|
|
Very bad
|
4
|
|
Don't
know/Refused
|
3
|
|
Organization:��� Pew Research Center, Princeton Survey
Research Associates
Date:
AUG to SEP 8, 2002
|
|
|
| [10]
Do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Because of imports
from other countries, American consumers have a larger selection of
goods and products to choose from. Do you agree or disagree? Would that
be strongly or somewhat?
|
|
Strongly agree
|
62
|
|
Somewhat agree
|
25
|
|
Somewhat disagree
|
5
|
|
Strongly disagree
|
5
|
|
Undecided/don't know
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
Imports from other countries keep American manufacturers
on their toes and makes them work harder to improve the quality and prices of
their products to be more competitive. Do you agree or disagree? Would that
be strongly or somewhat?
|
|
Somewhat agree
|
25
|
|
Somewhat disagree
|
9
|
|
Strongly disagree
|
7
|
|
Undecided/don't know
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
If it were not for less expensive products that are
imported from other countries, many low-income American families would not be
able to afford many of the products they are able to buy. Do you agree or
disagree? Would that be strongly or somewhat?
|
|
Strongly agree
|
45
|
|
Somewhat agree
|
29
|
|
Somewhat disagree
|
10
|
|
Strongly disagree
|
10
|
|
Undecided/don't know
|
6
|
|
Organization: Epic-MRA, Women in International Trade
Date: May 2000
|
|
|
|
|
If you were to buy only American-made goods, do you think
the cost of buying those goods would be more or less than you are currently
paying now for those goods, or would you say it would be about the same
price?
|
|
Much more
|
24%
|
|
Somewhat more
|
37%
|
|
About the same
|
27%
|
|
Somewhat less
|
9%
|
|
Much less
|
1%
|
|
Undecided
|
2%
|
|
Organization: Epic-MRA, Women in International Trade
Date: May 1998
|
|
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|
| [11]
Please tell me if you agree or disagree with each item I name: N.A.F.T.A.
(North American Free Trade Agreement) will strengthen U.S. (United States)
relations with Mexico and Canada.
|
|
|
11/14/93
|
11/09/93
|
|
Agree
|
68
|
66
|
|
Disagree
|
23
|
26
|
|
No opinion
|
9
|
8
|
|
Survey Organization: ABC News
Date: as noted
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(I'd like to read you a list of trends in American society
today. For each one I read, please tell me whether you consider this to be a
step in the right direction, something that won't make any difference, or is
it a step in the wrong direction?) ...More international trade agreements
|
|
Step in right direction
|
55%
|
|
Not make any difference
|
13
|
|
Step in wrong direction
|
22
|
|
Not sure
|
10
|
|
Organization: Hart And Teeter Research Companies / NBC
News, Wall Street Journal
Date: DEC 8, 1997
|
|
|
|
|
|
Please tell me if you strongly favor, favor, oppose, or
strongly oppose each one.)... Free trade agreements between the United States
and other countries, such as N.A.F.T.A. and G.A.T.T.
|
|
Strongly Favor
|
18%
|
|
Favor
|
44
|
|
Oppose
|
18
|
|
Strongly Oppose
|
10
|
|
Don't know
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
Organization: Princeton Survey Research Associates / Times
Mirror
Date: July 25, 1994
|
|
|
|
|
(Generally speaking, do you think each of the following is
good or bad for the nation's economy, or don't you think it makes much
difference?)... Trade agreements between the United States and other
countries
|
|
Good
|
55%
|
|
Bad
|
28
|
|
Doesn't make much difference
|
14
|
|
Don't know/No opinion
|
2
|
|
Organization: Washington Post / Kaiser Foundation, Harvard
Date: AUG 2, 1996
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