Poll Finds Americans Skeptical over Proposals to Rescue Subprime BorrowersA Harris Interactive® poll conducted on behalf of the National
Taxpayers Union found that almost half (48%) of
U.S.
adults
aged
18 and older think a federal bailout of the subprime market would help either
lenders who issue subprime mortgages or Wall Street banks who profit from subprime
mortgages; in contrast, roughly a quarter (26%) believe homeowners who hold
subprime mortgages would benefit most. You can view the poll results below.
Poll results in an online PowerPoint presentation
Poll
results in a downloadable PowerPoint presentation
Poll
results in PDF
Poll
results as QuickTime movie
Harris Interactive fielded the study on behalf of the National Taxpayers Union
from November 26-28, 2007 via its QuickQuerySM online omnibus service
among 2,058 U.S. adults aged 18 years and older. Figures for age, sex, race/ethnicity,
education, region and household income were weighted where necessary to bring
them into line with their actual proportions in the population. Propensity
score weighting was also used to adjust for respondents’ propensity to
be online.
All sample surveys and polls, whether or not they use probability sampling,
are subject to multiple sources of error which are most often not possible
to quantify or estimate, including sampling error, coverage error, error associated
with nonresponse, error associated with question wording and response options,
and post-survey weighting and adjustments. Therefore, Harris Interactive avoids
the words "margin of error" as they are misleading. All that can
be calculated are different possible sampling errors with different probabilities
for pure, unweighted, random samples with 100% response rates. These are only
theoretical because no published polls come close to this ideal.
Respondents for this survey were selected from among those who have agreed
to participate in Harris Interactive surveys. The data have been weighted
to reflect the composition of the U.S. adult population. Because the sample
is
based on those who agreed to be invited to participate in the Harris Interactive
online research panel, no estimates of theoretical sampling error can be calculated.
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