Overheard on the Web, and other Web links From The Herald's Research Editor
Monday, January 10, 2005
What are they thinking?
Here are a couple fascinating new reports:
Few American voters ever change their minds, report on a study by the Annenberg Public Policy Center. Fascinating stuff about how voters think:
"Just 16 percent of those who voted for George W. Bush said there was "ever a time" when they thought they would vote for John Kerry. And 15 percent of Kerry voters said there was "ever a time" when they thought they would vote for Bush." And, "Another finding of the post-election survey of 8,664 adults who had already been interviewed once before Election Day was that the public gave the Bush campaign less credit for honesty than it gave the Kerry campaign."
On another topic, but one that gives us pause about the people we elect to public office, a report from the National Taxpayers Union, NUTF estimates pension benefits for recently-retired members of Congress. Interesting to see how our taxes are being spent: Tom Daschle, for example, the former Democratic leader in the Senate who was defeated last fall, will likely make over $5 million in pension benefits for his 26 years of service in Congress, or about $121,000 a year. Not bad.
(Via Docuticker.) posted by liz at 10:52 AM
Elisabeth (Liz) Donovan was a Herald librarian for 10 years, and Research Editor for 13 years. She came to The Herald in 1981, following several years at the
Washington Post. She started blogging in 2000, with a news research blog, followed by the blog at Herald.com in 2003. A frequent speaker and writer on news research, she was honored in 2004 by the
News Division of the Special Libraries Association for her contributions to
the field.
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