| Table 7-8 |
| Preferred groups for influencing decisions about public issues: 2006 |
| (Percent) |
| |
| |
|
Preferred degree of influence |
|
Don't
know |
| Public issue/group |
|
A great deal |
|
A fair amount |
|
A little |
|
None at all |
|
| |
| Global warming |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Environmental scientists |
|
47 |
|
38 |
|
7 |
|
3 |
|
4 |
| Business leaders |
|
10 |
|
22 |
|
38 |
|
25 |
|
5 |
| Elected officials |
|
17 |
|
33 |
|
33 |
|
13 |
|
4 |
| Stem cell research |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Medical researchers |
|
39 |
|
41 |
|
11 |
|
4 |
|
5 |
| Religious leaders |
|
8 |
|
21 |
|
36 |
|
29 |
|
6 |
| Elected officials |
|
11 |
|
35 |
|
32 |
|
15 |
|
6 |
| Federal income taxes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Economists |
|
21 |
|
51 |
|
18 |
|
4 |
|
6 |
| Business leaders |
|
9 |
|
37 |
|
36 |
|
13 |
|
4 |
| Elected officials |
|
21 |
|
40 |
|
24 |
|
11 |
|
4 |
| Genetically modified foods |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Medical researchers |
|
41 |
|
40 |
|
10 |
|
3 |
|
5 |
| Business leaders |
|
3 |
|
16 |
|
41 |
|
35 |
|
5 |
| Elected officials |
|
7 |
|
30 |
|
37 |
|
21 |
|
5 |
| |
NOTES: Responses to: How much influence should each of the following groups have in deciding: global warming policy; government funding for stem cell research; reducing federal income taxes; restricting sale of genetically modified foods? Detail may not add to total because of rounding.
SOURCE: University of Chicago, National Opinion Research Center, General Social Survey (2006). See appendix table 7-21. Science and Engineering Indicators 2008 |
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