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Did you attend one of the political party conventions this year?

Yes, as a delegate or alternate:

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Yes, as a party official, candidate, or campaign staffer:

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Yes, as a journalist or blogger:

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Yes, as a guest or a spouse:

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Yes, as a vendor:

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No:

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Which political party's convention would you have most liked to attend this year?

Constitution Party (Kansas City):

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Democratic Party (Denver):

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Green Party (Chicago):

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Libertarian Party (Denver):

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Republican Party (St. Paul):

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Which political party do you think will get the biggest polling bounce for its candidates from its convention this year?

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Democratic Party:

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Green Party:

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Libertarian Party:

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Republican Party:

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No polling bounces this year:

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Do you think that the St. Louis region should put in a bid to land either the Democratic or Republican national convention in 2012?

Yes, the Democratic convention:

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Yes, the Republican convention:

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Yes, put in bids for both and see if we get one:

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No:

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No, but put in bids for one of the minor party conventions:

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At which political convention, the Democrats or the Republicans, would you expect to find the best after-hours parties?

Democrats:

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Republicans:

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Do you believe that Sen. John McCain made the right decision to scale back the Republican convention and change its tone because of Hurricane Gustav?

Yes:

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No:

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In general, do you think that the Republican presidential ticket is hurt or helped by a scaled back national convention?

Helped:

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Hurt:

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No effect:

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How would you describe Gov. Sarah Palin's convention speech?

Great speech:

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Good, but better than I expected:

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Good, but worse than I expected:

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Bad speech:

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Didn't see it:

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Which of the following speakers not named Obama or Clinton do you think gave the best speech at the Democratic convention?

Biden:

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Carter:

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Gore:

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Kennedy:

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Kerry:

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Pelosi:

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Ritter:

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Schweitzer:

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Warner:

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Someone else:

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I don't know:

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From everything you saw or heard, in a combined husband/wife ranking, which couple gave the better speeches at the Democratic convention?

Obamas:

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Clintons:

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Didn't see any of them:

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Which statement comes closest to your personal feelings about the decision to site Senator Barack Obama's acceptance speech in front of 80,000 people at Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium?

Perfect:

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Great:

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Flop:

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Which of the following statements best describes why you follow media coverage of political conventions?

For entertainment:

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For information:

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Because the media don't cover anything else those nights:

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I don't follow political conventions:

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Which TV news source have you most watched for convention coverage this year?

ABC:

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CBS:

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CNN:

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C-Span:

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Fox:

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NBC:

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PBS:

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Something else:

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I haven't watched any TV convention coverage at all:

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In general, what letter grade would you give the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's overall coverage of this year's Democratic and Republican political conventions?

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Incomplete, because they gave one convention much better coverage than the other:

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Incomplete, because I didn't follow any of their coverage at all:

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Besides Mayor Francis Slay's own blog, did you read any blogs from the Democratic or Republican conventions?

Yes, a lot:

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Yes, some:

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No, not really:

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No, and I didn't even read Mayor's Slay's blog:

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Maybe - explain what a blog is:

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BONUS DEMOGRAPHIC QUESTION:

For each of the following pairs of words you might hear at a political convention, pick the one that you personally find more powerful:

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Note: Due to rounding, results for some questions may not total 100%.

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