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From: riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: I don't favor Apartheid, But.... (polls)
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Date: Tue, 7-May-85 14:11:31 EDT
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>         ...It's no wonder that a poll of South African industrial
> laborers showed 75% opposed to a U.S. pullout.

If you're referring to the same poll that I heard about, it was revealed to
be another example of "creative polling":  the question was put in terms
something like, "Would you like it if U.S. companies pulled out of South
Africa and you lost your job?"  The commentary I heard reported that, under
the circumstances, the remarkable thing was that as many as 25% of the
respondents answered "yes".

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