| Table 7-10 |
| Perceived impartiality of various groups in making policy recommendations about public issues: 2006 |
| (Percent) |
| |
| |
|
Extent to which group would support (on scale of 1 to 5) |
|
|
| Public issue/group |
|
What is best
for country
5 |
|
4 |
|
3 |
|
2 |
|
Own narrow
interests
1 |
|
Don’t
know |
| |
| Global warming |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Environmental scientists |
|
40 |
|
27 |
|
17 |
|
6 |
|
6 |
|
5 |
| Business leaders |
|
6 |
|
4 |
|
22 |
|
27 |
|
36 |
|
5 |
| Elected officials |
|
9 |
|
10 |
|
25 |
|
24 |
|
28 |
|
5 |
| Stem cell research |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Medical researchers |
|
32 |
|
27 |
|
21 |
|
9 |
|
7 |
|
4 |
| Religious leaders |
|
13 |
|
12 |
|
22 |
|
20 |
|
26 |
|
6 |
| Elected officials |
|
8 |
|
7 |
|
32 |
|
23 |
|
25 |
|
5 |
| Federal income taxes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Economists |
|
22 |
|
30 |
|
25 |
|
9 |
|
8 |
|
6 |
| Business leaders |
|
3 |
|
8 |
|
24 |
|
30 |
|
30 |
|
4 |
| Elected officials |
|
8 |
|
14 |
|
26 |
|
24 |
|
24 |
|
4 |
| Genetically modified foods |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Medical researchers |
|
34 |
|
29 |
|
19 |
|
7 |
|
6 |
|
5 |
| Business leaders |
|
2 |
|
4 |
|
25 |
|
32 |
|
32 |
|
5 |
| Elected officials |
|
6 |
|
10 |
|
32 |
|
25 |
|
21 |
|
5 |
| |
NOTES: Responses to: When making policy decisions about [public issue], to what extent do you think [group] would support doing what is best for the country as a whole or what serves their own narrow interests? Detail may not add to total because of rounding.
SOURCE: University of Chicago, National Opinion Research Center, General Social Survey (2006). See appendix table 7-23.
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