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12 May 2010 10:12

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Politics: Elena Kagan’s big public problem? People don’t know her yet

  • 40% of people have a positive or fair opinion of Kagan
  • 36% have a fair or negative opinion of the Supreme Court nominee
  • 24% are wondering who the heck you’re talking about source
  • » How does this compare? Not very well, actually. People’s positive opinions of Kagan are lower than any of the other four nominees since 2005, including a full seven points below Sonia Sotomayor. The reason for this, mostly, is the high number of “no opinions” – most of Bush’s choices scored around 15 percent there.

05 Apr 2010 10:14

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World: If you want to create a political party in Japan, now’s your chance

  • 44% of Japanese citizens have no idea what party they’ll vote for in the upcoming upper house election
  • 24% the highest amount of support any other party gets; hm, think the Japanese people like tea? source