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The week's question
In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: albaby1 SILVER
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Date: 01/22/25 1:24 PM
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After reading descriptions of the following proposals, a majority of voters support....

That's the stuff that should always get your antennae twitching. If you can't get majority support from your respondents "after reading descriptions" of the items - descriptions that you get to write - then you're doing something insanely wrong.

For example, here's how the poll described the GND:

Some lawmakers are reintroducing the Green New Deal, a proposal modeled off of the 'New Deal' programs created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression.

A Green New Deal would put tens of millions of people to work in good-paying, union jobs modernizing our infrastructure making it more resilient to extreme weather and slowing the pace of climate change. The Green New Deal would also center frontline communities who have been disproportionately impacted by climate change and pollution in decision- making and resource allocation. Do you support or oppose the Green New Deal?


That's not a description you use to measure existing public opinion about the GND. It's a description you use when you want to be sure you get a positive outcome for your poll.
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