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	FEATURES Better Than Approval? Direction of the Country Questions as Predictors of Incumbent Races By Larry Hugick and Stacy DiAngelo
	With the midterm elections less than six months away, the low satisfaction rating prior to the 1994 midterm congressional election is an important statistic to keep in mind. (more)
	Mixed Picture: Trends in Public Opinion among Religious Fundamentalists, 1972-2004 By Anne K. Driscoll and Katherine E. Heck
	Are fundamentalists’ values indeed moving in a different direction than those of moderates and liberals? (more)
	Featured Op-Ed Forgetting People: What’s Wrong with Public Opinion Research Today, and How to Fix It By Steve Farkas
	The biggest menace facing polling is not borne of response rates or the challenges of technology. The real problem is with the very quality of the surveys. (more)
	FROM THE FIELD Related Measures: Direction of the Country and Job Approval By Larry Hugick and Stacy DiAngelo
	The key to understanding direction of the country results is determining how they compare with presidential job approval figures. (more)
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		Eye of the Beholder By Lisa Ferraro Parmelee
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		Psychometric Theories of Survey Response By Roger Tourangeau, Lance J. Rips, and Kenneth Rasinski
		An excerpt from The Psychology of Survey Response, winner of the 2006 AAPOR Book Award. (more)
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