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No opinionNo absentee ballot
No way to get to polls
Out of town
New resident
Not a citizen
Voting was not convenient
Were working
Were ill
No reason in particularNot interested
Did not like candidates
Did not register
Why some people do not vote
Source: A November 1984 Gallup poll.
1%1%
31%
10%
8% 8%
7%
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7%
6%
6%
5%
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Public support of the death penalty, 1936-1991
Source: Gallup Report No. 280, January 1989; Harold W. Stanley and Richard G. Niemi, Vital Statistics on American Policy, 5th Ed. Congressional Quarterly Press, 1995. Reprinted with permission.
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FavorOppose
(“No opinion” omitted)
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The death penalty
Source: Statistical Abstract of the United States 1996, Table No. 356.
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The death penalty
Source: Statistical Abstract of the United States 1996, Table No. 356.
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The answer depends on the question
Source: New York Times / CBS News Poll conducted May 6-8, 1993. (c) 1993. Reprinted with the permission of The New York Times Company. Note: Numbers do not add to 100 because of rounding.
Are we spendingtoo much or too little or
the right amount on:
6% 7%
16%27%
64%
23%
13%
44%
Assistance to the poor Welfare
Too much
Too little
Right amount
Don't know