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Questions - Debates - January 27-28, 2012

45% Say Too Many GOP Debates, Mostly Useless
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National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted January 27-28, 2012
By Rasmussen Reports

1* In the race for the Republican nomination, are there too many candidate debates, too few debates or about the right number?

2* There have been nearly twenty Republican debates this election season.  How many debates have you watched at least a portion of – none, 1-5, 6-10 or more than 10?

3* Do the debate moderators ask mostly about important issues, minor issues or meaningless trivia?

4* Have the Republican debates been mostly informative or mostly useless?

5* Generally speaking, how important are debates in determining how you will vote?

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence