Corruption Number One Concern of US Citizens

[From article]
The researchers asked a random sample of 1,541 adults to rate the level of fear for 88 different fear options across a variety of domains (like crime and natural disasters). Based on their findings, here were the top 10 fears for 2015:
Corruption of government officials (58.0%)
Cyber-terrorism (44.8%)
Corporate tracking of personal information (44.6%)
Terrorist attacks (44.4%)
Government tracking of personal information (41.4%)
Bio-warfare (40.9%)
Identity theft (39.6%)
Economic collapse (39.2%)
Running out of money in the future (37.4%)
Credit card fraud (36.9%)

http://time.com/4073702/heres-what-americans-are-most-afraid-of/?xid=homepage

Here’s What Americans Are Most Afraid Of
Alexandra Sifferlin @acsifferlin
3:09 PM ET

Seventy-five Percent of US Adults Think US Government Is Corrupt, Gallup

Scandanavian Countries report 30 percent or less think their governments are corrupt. See complete list in article.

[From article]
Three in four Americans (75%) last year perceived corruption as widespread in the country's government. This figure is up from two in three in 2007 (67%) and 2009 (66%).
While the numbers have fluctuated slightly since 2007, the trend has been largely stable since 2010. However, the percentage of U.S. adults who see corruption as pervasive has never been less than a majority in the past decade, which has had no shortage of controversies from the U.S. Justice Department's firings of U.S. attorneys to the IRS scandal.
These figures are higher than some might expect, and while the lack of improvement is somewhat disconcerting, the positive takeaway is that Americans still feel fairly free to criticize their government. This is not the case in some parts of the world. Questions about corruption are so sensitive in some countries that even if Gallup is allowed to ask them, the results may reflect residents' reluctance to disparage their government. This is particularly true in countries where media freedom is restricted.


http://www.gallup.com/poll/185759/widespread-government-corruption.aspx

SEPTEMBER 19, 2015
75% in U.S. See Widespread Government Corruption

Science Magazine Withdraws Published Survey Study

[From article]
Science magazine Thursday formally retracted a highly touted article about a study gauging the ability of openly gay canvassers to shift voters’ views toward support for same-sex marriage.
Columbia University political science professor Donald Green, one of the article’s authors, requested the retraction on May 19, saying co-author Michael LaCour had been unable to produce the raw data that was used in the study.
[. . .]

The magazine said it based its retraction on misrepresentation of cash incentives for survey participants, false statements about financial sponsorship of the survey, and the inability to produce original data, “which makes it impossible to verify or alleviate concerns about statistical irregularities.”
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The study claimed that opinion changes produced by the straight canvassers tended to fade within a few weeks and those voters reverted to their previous, less favorable views of same-sex marriage. It said that the changes in viewpoints produced by the gay canvassers persisted nine months later.
Green began to have misgivings about the study after the integrity of the data was called into question by two graduate students at the University of California, Berkeley, who tried to launch a similar study

http://nypost.com/2015/05/29/science-magazine-retracts-gay-marriage-article/

Science magazine retracts gay-marriage article
By Fox News
New York Post
May 29, 2015 | 12:53pm

Updated: Harvard University Sex Survey. One-Fourth Had No Sex At All. Professors, Administrators and Civil Rights Lawyers Curious What It Is.

Posted May 19, 2015 7:59 PM ET; Last updated May 28, 2015 8:38 PM ET



[From article]

A quarter of Harvard’s graduating class said they missed out on sex in college — down from the 58 percent who came to campus virgins, according to data compiled by the The Harvard Crimson.
Still, last year’s class was not much more experienced: 21 percent said they graduated virgins.
Campus players seem to be few and far between. Nineteen percent of men and only 7 percent of women reported having 10 or more sexual partners in college.
Of the seniors who were having sex, 43 percent of students said they always used a condom, while 31 percent said they sometimes, rarely or never used a condom.

http://nypost.com/2015/05/28/a-quarter-of-harvard-grads-have-never-gotten-laid/

A quarter of Harvard grads have never had sex
By Connor Ryan
New York Post
May 28, 2015 | 4:53pm

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[From article]
But the school isn’t trying to understand a problem. It’s trying to cover its behind. These surveys have been recommended by the Office of Civil Rights, and schools can point to them if they are ever investigated by the feds.
The university also seems to be casually adopting the “affirmative consent” doctrine that has become popular on campuses around the country.
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This survey is so badly written that one wonders whether its results would even pass muster in the kind of peer-reviewed journals in which Harvard professors regularly publish. But then, the goal here isn’t science. It’s politics.

http://nypost.com/2015/04/20/harvards-wacky-campus-sex-survey/

Harvard’s wacky campus-sex survey
By Naomi Schaefer Riley
April 20, 2015 | 7:55pm
New York Post

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http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2015/4/22/sexual-conduct-survey-update/

More Than One-Third of Students Respond to Sexual Conduct Climate Survey
By MARIEL A. KLEIN and THEODORE R. DELWICHE

Harvard CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS
April 21, 2015

Harvard University's Institute of Politics Pollsters Find Youth Distrusts Justice System. Is This A Surprise?

Have IOP pollsters considered asking "Would diverting the energy exerted in protests, looting, arson, rock throwing, engaging police in combat, destruction of tranquility, and vandalism to reforming the criminal justice system, have any effect?" Is that why the U.S. Department of Education demands universities take jurisdiction of sex offenses from the courts? Does the United States Government share this distrust? 



[From article]
Nearly half of young Americans reported little or no confidence that the criminal justice system treats individuals equally regardless of race or ethnicity, according to new findings of a national poll conducted by the Institute of Politics.
[. . .]
The poll found that former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton holds a significant lead among potential candidates in the Democratic field, with 47 percent listing her as their first choice if the primary were to be held today.
[. . .]
Sixty-one percent thought the U.S. should let the U.N. take the lead in addressing these global conflicts, down from 74 percent in 2014.

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2015/5/1/iop-millennial-poll-spring/

Millennials Report Little Faith in Justice System, IOP Poll Shows
By LUCA F. SCHROEDER

Harvard CRIMSON STAFF WRITER
April 30, 2015

Attractive Young Woman Asks Random Men If They Would Have Sex With Her

It was a strange ask so it unsurprisingly garnered some odd answers including this man, who said yes, but requested that he had an energy drink - Gatorade - first.

[From article]
For many men, it might be the stuff of daydreams...an attractive woman approaches in the street and asks if they would like to sleep with her.
No complicated chat-up lines required, no strings attached.
One woman, who introduces herself as 'Andrea', did just that in a video posted on YouTube last week.
The unique 'social experiment' entitled 'Asking 100 guys for sex' was filmed for online video channel Whatever and has since gone viral, attracting nearly 4.2 million views.
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The 19-minute-long edited video, which was filmed over seven days, shows the woman approaching a stream of men as they go about their daily business.
Dressed casually either in jeans or a pair of short denim shorts with a skimpy top, she outstretches a hand and introduces herself to the men.
After one or two comments are exchanged, she asks them: 'Would you like to have sex with me?'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3058711/Do-want-sex-Attractive-young-woman-approaches-100-men-street-asks-sleep-just-said-yes.html

'Do you want to have sex with me?' Attractive young woman approaches 100 men on the street and asks them to sleep with her... but just how many said yes?
Woman known as 'Andrea' recorded the reactions of 100 men after she approached them in the street and asked them to have sex with her
Out of 100 men asked, 30 said yes. An experiment in reverse found that not a single woman said yes to sleeping with a man in the same scenario
Some of the footage is said to have been filmed at the Santa Barbara campus of the University of California
Many of the men were baffled by the request and assumed it was a joke
By JO TWEEDY FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 05:14 EST, 28 April 2015 | UPDATED: 04:49 EST, 29 April 2015

Contrary to Headline Americans Have Good Political Knowledge

[From article]

Education levels again factored into the responses, but Pew notes that half or more respondents with a high school education answered eight of the quiz’s 12 questions correctly. Among college graduates and post-graduate degree holders, most answered 11 out of 12 correctly.

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/pew-news-iq-test-results-117421.html

Americans bomb Pew test of basic political knowledge
By Nick Gass
4/28/15 12:41 PM EDT
Updated 4/28/15 1:15 PM EDT

Universities Focus On Learning About Sex. What Took Them So Long?

Sex survey conducted in the name of good. George Bernard Shaw: "The road to hell is paved with good intentions." and Pre-Homeric Greek Philosopher, Cleobulous, "The chief source of evil among men is excessive good." Why not just ban sex on campus and by students, faculty and university staff?  

[From article]
A survey being conducted at nearly 30 major universities to gauge the true scope of sexual abuse in college is so rife with "explicit" language that it is “opening wounds” and “triggering” flashbacks in the students who take it, critics say.
Some students were so shocked by the language and descriptions — which include the words “penetration,” “oral sex,” and “sexual touching,” — they had to immediately stop answering questions and told their friends not to participate.
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Questions on the survey ask students directly if someone touched their “breast, chest, crotch, groin or buttocks” while they were “passed out, asleep or incapacitated due to drugs or alcohol.” Language goes as far as descriptions like “when one person puts a penis, finger, or object inside someone else’s vagina or anus ...”
The language is necessary to carry out the survey's purpose, said University of Michigan spokesperson Rick Fitzgerald.
“It is only by directly collecting this information from students will we be able to prevent negative experiences and effectively respond when they do happen,” Fitzgerald told FoxNews.com
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“Our primary purpose in conducting this survey is to help our institutions gain a better understanding of this complex problem on their own campuses as well as nationally," said AAU President Hunter Rawlings. "Our first priority, and theirs, is to ensure that students not only are safe but feel safe.”

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/04/23/explicit-survey-on-sex-assault-leaves-college-students-feeling-victimized/

'Explicit' survey on sex assault leaves college students feeling victimized

By Kyle Rothenberg

Published April 23, 2015
FoxNews.com

Harvard and Tufts Universities Survey Student Sexual Practices For U.S. Department of Education

How long before the therapeutic state feminist bureaucrats at the Department of Education determine what is normal sex, who can do what and how often? If a student violates the national sex code who will punish them? University administrators? Will they be required to wear monitors? Take drugs? Is there no end to the intrusions by government into the lives of Americans, enabled by spineless university administrators, who will do anything to keep the flow of taxpayer funds into college coffers? 

[From article]
this is the first sexual conduct climate survey that Tufts has conducted, and many other universities across the country are conducting similar surveys in light of new suggestions by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR).
She explained that TASCS was developed by survey experts from the Office of Institutional Research and Evaluation in cooperation with the Sexual Misconduct Prevention Task Force, which was created by University President Anthony Monaco in September 2013. The task force consists of both students and faculty. A 2014 progress report released by the task force recommended the implementation of such a survey as one of many tactics to institutionalize sexual misconduct awareness, education and support.

http://tuftsdaily.com/news/2015/04/21/university-releases-sexual-conduct-survey-student-activists-voice-concerns/

University releases sexual conduct survey, student activists voice concerns
By Sophie Lehrenbaum
April 21, 2015

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[From article]
But the school isn’t trying to understand a problem. It’s trying to cover its behind. These surveys have been recommended by the Office of Civil Rights, and schools can point to them if they are ever investigated by the feds.
The university also seems to be casually adopting the “affirmative consent” doctrine that has become popular on campuses around the country.
[. . .]
This survey is so badly written that one wonders whether its results would even pass muster in the kind of peer-reviewed journals in which Harvard professors regularly publish. But then, the goal here isn’t science. It’s politics.

http://nypost.com/2015/04/20/harvards-wacky-campus-sex-survey/

Harvard’s wacky campus-sex survey
By Naomi Schaefer Riley
New York Post
April 20, 2015 | 7:55pm

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[From article]
The survey, which is a Harvard-specific version of an Association of American Universities poll being conducted at 28 schools, was released through individualized links to students at Harvard on April 12 from research company Westat, which is administering the survey. It will be open until May 3.
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Leah Rosovsky ’78, University vice president for strategy and programs, said each of Harvard’s schools is using specific ways to promote the survey, such as posters or messages from deans or House masters. She said she hopes student organizations will encourage their members to participate in the survey.

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2015/4/22/sexual-conduct-survey-update/

More Than One-Third of Students Respond to Sexual Conduct Climate Survey
By MARIEL A. KLEIN and THEODORE R. DELWICHE
Harvard CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS
April 21, 2015

Survey Finds Ordinary Americans Support Deporting Illegal Aliens

[From article]
Despite President Obama's efforts to cool the nation's views on illegal immigrants storming over the U.S.-Mexico border, Americans have reached a new level of anger over the issue, with most demanding a more aggressive deportation policy — and reversal of a law that grants citizenship to kids of illegals born in the U.S.
A new Rasmussen Reports survey released Monday also finds Americans questioning spending tax dollars on government aid provided to illegal immigrants. A huge 83 percent said that anybody should be required to prove that they are "legally allowed" to be in the country before receiving local, state or federal government services.
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For example, 62 percent told the pollster that the U.S. is "not aggressive enough" in deporting those illegally in the United States. Just 15 percent believed the administration's current policy was "about right" and 16 percent said it was "too aggressive."
That 62 percent number is a jump from a year ago when it was 52 percent.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/poll-americans-want-illegals-deported-no-citizenship-for-kids-born-in-u.s./article/2562575

Poll: Yes to more aggressive deportations, no to welfare, citizenship for kids of illegals
BY PAUL BEDARD

APRIL 6, 2015 | 11:32 AM

Polygamy OK With Many Americans

http://www.wnd.com/2012/03/1-in-5-americans-cool-with-polygamy/

WND EXCLUSIVE
WHY ARE SO MANY COOL WITH POLYGAMY?
Poll shows moral, legal justifications for ban now in doubt
March 22, 2012
Bob Unruh

Media Distortion Exposed

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/01/fox_news_least_trusted_npr_mos.html

January 21, 2011
Fox News Least Trusted? NPR Most Trusted?
Matthew S Harrison
American Thinker