Thursday, June 26, 2008

Polling on Kennedy

Given yesterday's decision in Kennedy, I'm interested in whether US popular opinion tracks with the states' alleged "evolving standards of decency." My guess is no.

I'd like to put a poll in the field to gauge whether people believe the death penalty should be available for a variety of crimes. This data doesn't appear to exist except for "murder," loosely defined.

Does anyone here know about how to hire pollsters? Equally important, does anyone know how much it costs, and how to get funding? I'm talking to a couple of conservative groups to try to get some money, but I don't have ballpark numbers. I'm thinking I'd need about 1000 nationwide responses, which I would guess means making about 5,000-10,000 calls.

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