State of the First Amendment 2006 [United States]


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  • Q2
  • Q2 The First Amendment became part of the U.S. Constitution more than 200 years ago. This is what it says: 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech or

Response Categories
Category Label Frequency
 1 Strongly agree 90
 2 Mildly agree 83
 3 Mildly disagree 198
 4 Strongly disagree 576
 98 Dont Know 52
 99 Refused 3

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  • Q3
  • Q3. Overall, do you think the PRESS IN AMERICA has too much freedom to do what it wants, too little freedom to do what it wants, or is the amount of freedom the press has about right?

Response Categories
Category Label Frequency
 1 Too much freedom 393
 2 Too little freedom 100
 3 About right 476
 98 Dont Know 25
 99 Refused 8

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  • Q4
  • Q4. Newspapers should be allowed to freely criticize the U.S military about its strategy and performance. (PROBE: AGREE/DISAGREE STRONGLY/MILDLY)

Response Categories
Category Label Frequency
 1 Strongly agree 352
 2 Mildly agree 252
 3 Mildly disagree 103
 4 Strongly disagree 259
 98 Dont Know 33
 99 Refused 3

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  • Q5
  • Q5. Musicians should be allowed to sing songs with lyrics that others might find offensive. (PROBE: AGREE/DISAGREE STRONGLY/MILDLY)

Response Categories
Category Label Frequency
 1 Strongly agree 377
 2 Mildly agree 235
 3 Mildly disagree 109
 4 Strongly disagree 248
 98 Dont Know 31
 99 Refused 2

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  • Q6
  • Q6. People should be allowed to say things in public that might be offensive to religious groups. (PROBE: AGREE/DISAGREE STRONGLY/MILDLY)

Response Categories
Category Label Frequency
 1 Strongly agree 311
 2 Mildly agree 254
 3 Mildly disagree 141
 4 Strongly disagree 265
 98 Dont Know 27
 99 Refused 4

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  • Q7
  • Q7. People should be allowed to say things in public that might be offensive to racial groups. (PROBE: AGREE/DISAGREE STRONGLY/MILDLY)

Response Categories
Category Label Frequency
 1 Strongly agree 216
 2 Mildly agree 227
 3 Mildly disagree 130
 4 Strongly disagree 408
 98 Dont Know 17
 99 Refused 4

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  • Q8
  • Q8. Please tell me which one of the following 3 statements you agree with the most: Newspapers SHOULD BE allowed to publish sensitive and classified government information; Newspapers SHOULD BE allowed to publish sensitive and classified government info

Response Categories
Category Label Frequency
 1 Newspapers should be allowed to publish 118
 2 Newspapers should be allowed to publish ONLY WHEN wrongdoing 490
 3 Newspapers should not be allowed to publish 365
 98 Dont Know 22
 99 Refused 7

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  • Q9
  • Q9. Newspapers should honor government requests to withhold publishing information that might hurt efforts to win the war on terrorism. (PROBE: AGREE/DISAGREE STRONGLY/SOMEWHAT)

Response Categories
Category Label Frequency
 1 Strongly agree 562
 2 Mildly agree 177
 3 Mildly disagree 82
 4 Strongly disagree 128
 98 Dont Know 47
 99 Refused 6

Column: 265  Width: 8  Type: numeric

  • Q10
  • Q10. Even during wartime, the press should be allowed to publish stories that criticize the actions of the government. (PROBE: AGREE/DISAGREE STRONGLY/SOMEWHAT)

Response Categories
Category Label Frequency
 1 Strongly agree 403
 2 Mildly agree 257
 3 Mildly disagree 125
 4 Strongly disagree 179
 98 Dont Know 33
 99 Refused 5

Column: 273  Width: 8  Type: numeric

  • Q11
  • Q11. Even during wartime, political candidates should be allowed to criticize the actions of government while campaigning. (PROBE: AGREE/DISAGREE STRONGLY/SOMEWHAT)

Response Categories
Category Label Frequency
 1 Strongly agree 462
 2 Mildly agree 241
 3 Mildly disagree 100
 4 Strongly disagree 172
 98 Dont Know 22
 99 Refused 5

Column: 281  Width: 8  Type: numeric

  • QD1
  • QD1. In what year were you born? (ENTER 4 DIGIT NUMBER)

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