Long-Term Gallup Poll Trends: A Portrait of American Public Opinion Through the Century
http://www.gallup.com/poll/3400/longterm-gallup-poll-trends-portrait-american-public-opinion.aspx
Answer each question. Then use the link above to compare your answer to the historical polling data on the question.
1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way (the president) is handling his job as president?
2. If your party nominated a generally well-qualified person for president who happened to be a woman would you vote for that person?
3. If your party nominated a generally well-qualified person for president who happened to be black would you vote for that person?
4. Which will be the biggest threat to the country in the future – big business, big labor, or big government?
5. Do you think cigarette smoking is one of the causes of lung cancer?
6. What do you think is the ideal number of children for a family to have?
7. Did you, yourself, happen to attend church or synagogue in the last seven days, or not?
8. Do you consider the amount of federal income tax you have to pay as too high, about right, or too low?
9. When should abortion be legal? Legal under any circumstances, legal only under certain circumstances, illegal in all circumstances
10. Do you approve or disapprove of labor unions?
11. Do you have occasion to use alcoholic beverages such as liquor, wine or beer, or are you a total abstainer?
12. Are you in favor of the death penalty for a person convicted of murder?
A. What is one issue that views have remained stable over the course of the polls? Do you think that it will continue to be stable or are attitudes shifting?
B. What is one issue that views have changed about over time? Explain the change and the political socialization factors that have contributed to the change.