Questions - Political Correctness - October 15-16, 2010
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National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted October 15-16, 2010
By Rasmussen Reports
1* How closely have you followed
recent news stories about political correctness?
2* Has America today has become too politically correct,
not politically correct enough or is the amount of political-correctness about
right?
3* Some
people think that government officials too often override the facts and common
sense in the name of political correctness. Is political correctness a problem
in
4* Should factors such as race,
ethnicity and overall appearance, sometimes called profiling, be used to
determine which boarding passengers to search at airports?
5* Is profiling an unnecessary
violation of civil rights or is it necessary in today’s environment?
6* Are most school textbooks more
concerned about accurately providing information or about presenting
information in a politically correct manner?
7* Is the government too sensitive
to the concerns of racial, ethnic, religious and social minorities or not sensitive
enough?
8* Should criminals be prosecuted
more severely if it can be proved that their crime was motivated by the
victim’s race, color, religion, national origin or sexual orientation?
9* Which is better—allowing free speech without government
interference or letting government
decide what types of hate speech should be banned?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95%
level of confidence