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Article: American Public Says Government Leaders Should Pay Attention to Polls

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March 21, 2008
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Contact: Steven Kull, Director of the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) at the University of Maryland, +1-202-232- 7500

COLLEGE PARK, Md., March 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In sharp contrast to views recently expressed by Vice President Cheney, a new poll finds that Americans believe government leaders should pay attention to public opinion polls and that the public should generally have more influence over government leaders than it does.

Eighty-one percent say when making an important decision government leaders should pay attention to public opinion polls because this will help them get a sense of the publics views. Only 18 percent say they should not ...

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