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New Zogby "American Values" Poll reveals:
More Americans say the National Rifle Association (NRA) more often represents their personal views than either the AFL-CIO or the Religious Right,
In the survey, conducted December 15th through December 17th of 1,005 likely voters nationwide, 63% say NRA represents their personal views at least some of the time, while 19% say all the time. For another 34%, the NRA never represents their views, while 3% were not sure. In addition, 29% of the respondents who voted for President-elect George W. Bush said the NRA represents their views all the time, compared to 9% of the respondents who voted for Vice President Al Gore who said the NRA represents their views all the time.
In comparison, 59% of those surveyed said the Religious Right represents their personal point of views at least some of the time with 13% who said all the time. Another 35% said the Religious Right never represents their views and 6% were not sure. A slim majority (55%) said the AFL-CIO represented their personal views at least some of the time, with 6% who said all the time and 35% who said the labor organization never represents their views.
Survey results show that 86% of the Republicans said the NRA represented their views at least some of the time, compared to 68% of the Independents and 39% of the Democrats. Democrats were stronger in their belief that the AFL-CIO represented their views at least some of the time (71%) compared to Republicans (34%) or Independents (58%). Republicans were stronger in their belief that the Religious Right represented their views at least some of the time (74%) than Democrats (50%) or Independents (55%).
Zogby's "American Values" polls are conducted quarterly to probe the strength of fundamental values held by Americans, and to determine what will ultimately have the greatest influences on their behavior. This is the fourth in a series of Zogby's "American Values" surveys. The survey has a margin of sampling error of +/-3.2%.
Results also show that after playing a key role in determining the outcome of Election 2000, a majority (54%) say decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court are just about right. At the same time 22% say the Supreme Court's decisions are too conservative, and 18% believe the decisions are too liberal. Another 7% were not sure.
Republicans (63%) and Independents (60%) were stronger in their support of Supreme Court decisions being just about right compared to Democrats (41%). Also, respondents who voted for President-elect George W. Bush also were stronger in their support of Supreme Court decisions being just about right (66%), than respondents who voted for Vice President Al Gore (40%).
To receive further information about the Zogby's "American Values" series, please contact Alan D. Crockett at (315) 624-0200, ext. 240, or by email to: alan@zogby.com
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