Come on Lou!
Here’s Lou Dobbs’ question for tonight, before the voting has been tallied.
I predict the results will come in at about 95% No, 5% Yes.
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Do you think it’s appropriate for a corporate lobbyist to be appointed to a post overseeing our national safety standards?
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Yes
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No
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0%
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Imagine if the question was re-framed as follows:
“Do you think its appropriate to ban corporate lobbyists from being appointed to a post overseeing our national safety standards?”
From previous studies of framing, you can get a preference reversal just by switching the question from one centered on “allowing” a actions to a question centered on “disallowing” the same action.
More to follow in a later blog on this point as well as Lou’s poll results. This effect of framing has important ramifications in many areas of business and our personal lives.
Add comment April 27th, 2007
