On which of the following sorts of predictions are you most likely to rely? |
Horoscopes:
5%
Weather forecasts:
27%
Medical prognoses:
27%
Stock tips from your broker:
4%
Parental advice:
28%
Sports betting odds:
3%
Dreams:
6%
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On which of the following sorts of predictions are you least likely to rely? |
Horoscopes:
54%
Weather forecasts:
17%
Medical prognoses:
1%
Stock tips from your broker:
5%
Parental advice:
2%
Sports betting odds:
9%
Dreams:
12%
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Are you generally more likely to believe positive predictions than negative ones? |
Yes, I'm more likely to believe more positive predictions:
61%
No, I'm more likely to believe negative predictions:
12%
I don't believe any predictions:
28%
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Which of the following predictions is more likely to be true? |
2008 will be a bigger year for political scandals:
46%
2008 will be a bigger year for celebrity scandals:
54%
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Which of the following predictions is more likely to be true? |
The final results of the 2008 Presidential election will be known soon after the final polls close:
78%
The final results of the 2008 Presidential election will not be known until days or weeks after the final polls close:
22%
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Which of the following predictions is more likely to be true? |
Missourians will elect a Democratic governor in 2008:
65%
Missourians will elect a Republican governor in 2008:
35%
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Which of the following predictions is more likely to be true? |
Peter Kinder will be reelected Missouri's lieutenant governor in 2008:
38%
Sam Page will be elected Missouri's lieutenant governor in 2008:
40%
Someone other than Gov. Kinder or Rep. Page will be elected lieutenant governor in 2008:
22%
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Which of the following predictions is more likely to be true? |
The St. Louis Cardinals will be a play-off team next season:
88%
The St. Louis Rams will be a play-off team next season:
12%
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Which of the following predictions is more likely to be true? |
Mizzou football will be ranked in the top ten in the first pre-season poll:
84%
SLU soccer will be ranked in the top ten in the first pre-season poll:
16%
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Which of the following predictions is more likely to be true? |
The closure of a section of Highway 40 will greatly affect where I work, shop, or seek entertainment:
23%
The closure of a section of Highway 40 will not really affect where I work, shop, or seek entertainment:
77%
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Which of the following predictions is more likely to be true? |
Gas will hit $4 a gallon in Missouri in 2008:
28%
Gas will continue to hover around $3 a gallon in Missouri in 2008:
72%
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Which of the following predictions is more likely to be true? |
The City of St. Louis will welcome a larger foreign immigrant population in 2008:
48%
The City of St. Louis will welcome a larger ex-county resident population in 2008:
52%
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Which of the following predictions is more likely to come true first? |
IKEA will announce plans to open a store in the City of St. Louis:
48%
Wal-Mart will announce plans to open a store in the City of St. Louis:
52%
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How many of Mayor Slay's predictions do you think will come true in 2008? |
All of them:
3%
About 75 percent of them:
21%
About half of them:
51%
About 25 percent of them:
19%
None of them:
6%
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