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Mini Poll: What Makes A Good Political Speech? |
Do political speeches have the power to change your mind?Yes: 69%
No:
31%
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Which of the following is the most important characteristic of a great political speech?Wit: 3%
Timing:
3%
Accuracy:
37%
Duration:
1%
Passion:
10%
Elegant turn of phrase:
5%
Content:
36%
Occasion:
0%
Location:
0%
Body language:
3%
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Which of the following speeches of the 20th Century is the best US political speech of the bunch?Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton "Women's Rights are Human Rights": 3%
Mary Fischer "A Whisper of AIDS":
0%
Lyndon B. Johnson "We Shall Overcome":
2%
Barbara Charline Jordan "1976 DNC Keynote Address":
4%
John Fitzgerald Kennedy "Inaugural Address":
24%
Martin Luther King, Jr. "I Have A Dream":
24%
John L. Lewis "The Rights of Labor":
1%
Malcolm X "The Ballot or the Bullet":
1%
Ronald Reagan "Shuttle 'Challenger' Disaster Address":
26%
Franklin Delano Roosevelt "Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation":
14%
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How long should a great political speech be?No more than 5 minutes: 2%
No more than 10 minutes:
17%
No more than 20 minutes:
34%
No more than a half hour:
36%
No more than an hour:
9%
No more than 2 hours:
2%
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Which major party’s 2012 presidential candidate is the better political speech giver?Barack Obama: 59%
Mitt Romney:
41%
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Which is the better speaker, Candidate Obama 2008 or President Obama 2012?Candidate: 52%
President:
8%
No difference:
40%
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Regardless of whether or not you agree with them, which of the following 2012 statewide candidates in Missouri is the best political speaker?Jason Kander: 1%
Peter Kinder:
6%
Chris Koster:
24%
Cole McNary:
1%
Ed Martin:
28%
Susan Montee:
6%
Jay Nixon:
25%
Shane Schoeller:
1%
Dave Spence:
5%
Clint Zweifel:
4%
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We often hold US Senators to a higher standard of speaking than other candidates. Which of the two major candidates for the US Senate from Missouri is the better political speaker?Todd Akin: 29%
Claire McCaskill:
71%
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Do you mind the teleprompter?Yes, lose it: 45%
No, keep it:
55%
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Note: Due to rounding, results for some questions may not total 100%.
