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Location: Alabama, United States

Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Alabama should be ashamed.......

There was a poll taken that asked Alabama residents if they agreed with Sen. Erwin. Here is the poll in its entirity;. Sad, just plain sad;

Poll asks: Was Hurricane Katrina God's punishment for sin?

Sep 28, 2005

Here Are The Results of the SurveyUSA News Poll

Almost a third of Alabamians agree with Sen. Erwin.


32% Yes
62% No
6% Not Sure

State Senator Hank Erwin says Hurricane Katrina was God's judgment of sin, because, quote, "NewOrleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast have always been known for gambling, sin, and wickedness." Do you believe Hurricane Katrina was God's judgment of sin?


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How this poll was conducted: This SurveyUSA poll was conducted by telephone in the voice of a professional announcer. Respondent households were selected at random, using Random Digit Dialed (RDD) sample provided by Survey Sampling, of Fairfield CT. All respondents heard the questions asked identically. Within the report, you will find: the geography that was surveyed; the date(s) interviews were conducted and the news organization(s) that paid for the research. The number of respondents who answered each question and the margin of sampling error for each question are provided. Where necessary, responses were weighted according to age, gender, ethnic origin, geographical area and number of adults and number of voice telephone lines in the household, so that the sample would reflect the actual demographic proportions in the population, using most recent U.S. Census estimates. In theory, with the stated sample size, one can say with 95% certainty that the results would not vary by more than the stated margin of sampling error, in one direction or the other, had the entire universe of respondents been interviewed with complete accuracy. There are other possible sources of error in all surveys that may be more serious than theoretical calculations of sampling error. These include refusals to be interviewed, question wording and question order,weighting by demographic control data and the manner in which respondents are filtered (such as, determining who is a likely voter). It is difficult to quantify the errors that may result from these factors. Fieldwork for this survey was done by SurveyUSA of Verona,NJ.


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Brian

1 Comments:

Blogger support your local shigeharu said...

The second question in the poll should have been, "Does this compel you personally to cut all the sin from your life?"

10/12/2005 12:56 PM  

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