Misinformation Study

based on "Misinformation and the 2010 Election," conducted by WorldPublicOpinion.org

A. Most economists who have studied the stimulus legislation have concluded:
  1. that the stimulus legislation had created or saved several million jobs.
  2. that it only created or saved a few jobs
  3. that it resulted in job losses.

B. Among the economists who have estimated the effect of the health reform law on the federal budget deficit over the next ten years:

  1. Views are evenly divided
  2. More think it will increase the deficit
  3. more think it will not increase the deficit

C. The American economy had a major downturn starting in the Fall of 2008. Do you think that now the American economy is:

  1. Still getting worse
  2. Starting to recover

D. Do you think that MOST SCIENTISTS believe that:

  1. Climate change is not occurring
  2. Views are evenly divided
  3. Climate change is occurring

E. Is it your impression that the government bailout of banks and financial institutions, also known as TARP, was passed and signed into law under:

  1. President George W. Bush
  2. President Barack Obama
F. Is it you impression that the stimulus legislation (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009):
  1. Included some tax cuts
  2. Did not include any tax cuts

G. As you may know, during the 2010 election campaign, some people said that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce was spending large amounts of money it had raised from foreign sources to support republican candidates and attack Democratic candidates. Is it you impression that:

  1. This was not proven to be true
  2. This was proven to be true

H. Since January 2009 have your Federal income taxes:

  1. Gone up
  2. Stayed the same
  3. Gone down

I. What is you impression of what the Obama administration has done in regard to the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan:

  1. Decreased them
  2. Increased them
  3. Kept them the same

J. As you may know, some people have suggested that president Obama was no born in the United States. Do you think:

  1. Obama was born in the U.S.
  2. Obama was not born in the U.S.
  3. It is not clear whether Obama was born in the U.S. or not

The Pew Research center for the People & the Press released a report: "What Voters Know about Campaign 2012"