Tim Montgomerie said that although the concept was useful in government it was "inexcusable" that the Big Society had not been tested in a focus group or polling before it had been launched as an election pledge.
MORI, a polling group, 45% of people go at least once a year, compared to 31% in 2000.
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An opinion poll released Wednesday by polling group Ifop and Le Monde newspaper found 65% of those surveyed support equal marriage rights for same-sex couples -- a clear majority of the population.
About 48 percent of Republican voters in the New Hampshire primary decided who to vote for within the last week and McCain overwhelmingly bested Mitt Romney among this group, CNN polling shows -- an indication Romney's second-place showing in Iowa may have had a significant effect on New Hampshire voters.
The recent news accounts of how the Bush team will be emphasizing values after his vacation make quite clear that this bunch does every bit as much polling and focus group research as the Clinton-Gore team ever did.
The group, which had conducted polling and provided additional resources to the campaign, was blindsided by the news and said it wouldn't provide more funding or pay for television advertising because officials worried Sanford would have difficulty making inroads with women voters.
"There are big differences among younger and older Americans, with the youngest age group twice as likely than senior citizens to support same-sex marriage, " says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.
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The group--formerly known as the American Trial Lawyers Association--criticized the Chamber for using a polling method that failed to discriminate between uninformed opinion and actual data about states like West Virginia.
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