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Butterfly Ballot II -- Mistaken Votes in California

In the California recall election, a Diebold Accuvote Optical Scan ballot was used in 13 counties in the state, but the design almost certainly caused a significant misrecording of votes. The problem was reminiscent of the infamous butterfly ...

California Recall Election

Opposition to Legalized Same-Sex Marriage Steady

There has been little significant change in Americans’ basic attitudes toward legalized same-sex marriage or toward support for a constitutional amendment that would define marriage as between only a man and a woman. The majority of Americans ...

Fast Food’s Feeding Frenzy

This industry’s marketers are ordering the wrong solutions to their supersized sales woes. They don’t realize that what it takes to initially bring people in the door -- or up to the drive-through window -- may be quite different from what it ...

Fairmont's Talent Strategy Delivers Results

Fairmont can quantify how some job applicants will outperform others. For example: "Recommended" applicants for sales management positions produce 36% more revenue annually than their rivals who are "not recommended" for those jobs. Here's how ...

Parents More Confident About Child Safety at School

With the beginning of school only weeks away, parents of children in kindergarten through high school (K-12) express the lowest level of fear about school safety that they have in three years. Also, according to a recent Gallup Poll, few K-12 ...

Tax Cut, Economy, Iraq, Gambling, Alcohol, Middle East, Bush Approval, Billy Graham, Abortion

California Recall, Public Schools, The Economy, Civil Rights, Top Colleges

U.S. Race Relations by Region: The West

Last week, we examined the status of race relations in the eastern United States. This week, we travel to the other side of the country to study recent Gallup Poll results on attitudes about race in the western United States, as well as racial ...

Hillary Rodham Clinton, Abortion Rights, Civil Rights Movement, New York Times Scandal, Public Image of U.S., Professional Sports