We do not wish to minimize
or make light of the issue. Will's speech will focus on "The Political
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* 46 percent think that conservatives support affirmative action or are
not sure.

TABLE 3
PERCEPTIONS OF RIGHT-WINGERS
"Thinking now of the political climate in the United States, do you think of
right-wingers as people who support or oppose . ?"

Base: All adults
Support Oppose Not Sure
Moral values % 61 14 25
Cutting taxes % 59 17 24
Gun control % 35 42 23
Affirmative action % 27 46 27
Abortion rights % 15 63 22
Gay rights % 15 65 21
Same-sex marriage % 10 69 20

Note: Percentages may not add up exactly to 100% due to rounding.. (http://www.

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PERCEPTIONS OF LEFT-WINGERS
"Thinking now of the political climate in the United States, do you think of
left-wingers as people who support or oppose ...com), Paris-based
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The Supreme Court upheld that decision .
In theory, with probability samples of this size, one could say with 95
percent certainty that the results have a sampling error of plus or minus 2
percentage points.

These statements conform to the principles of disclosure of the National
Council on Public Polls. offices and wholly owned
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Florida Legislators Receiving 127 Hearing Aids

In 1981, he became a
founding panel member on ABC television's This Week.7 billion at June 30, 2005. adults understand by these and
other labels. But substantial numbers of
people don't know where conservatives and liberals stand on those and other
issues.

* Fully 37 percent believe that liberals either oppose gun control (24%)
or are not sure (13%).g.
Moderates for example are seen by many people to resemble conservatives in
supporting moral values and tax cuts but to resemble liberals in supporting
abortion rights, gun control and gay rights. We may be "conservative" on some issues and "liberal" on others,
but it's the specifics that
matter, not the labels.

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While we respect your dedication to holding your position, we seriously
question your hearing ability.
With respect, we point out that voters chose 8-year limits overwhelmingly
in 1992. Polls say the voters are
still 78% in favor of 8-year limits.novatris.

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Those
beliefs are often inconsistent and self-contradictory, because Americans don't
adhere to a party line or doctrine that provides ready answers to all
questions.S.

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PETERSBURG, Fla. We want
to be 100% sure that you hear the voters' continuing call for 8-year term
limits.

Political Labels: Majorities of U.S. Adults Have a Sense of What Conservative Liberal Right Wing or Left Wing Means But Many Do Not

And some people seem to completely misunderstand these labels. adults surveyed
online by Harris Interactive (R) between January 11 and 16, 2005.

* 23 percent think that conservatives support abortion rights or are not
sure.. ?"

Base: All adults
Support Oppose Not Sure
Moral values % 52 6 41
Cutting taxes % 48 10 42
Abortion rights % 45 13 42
Affirmative action % 42 11 48
Gay rights % 40 18 42
Gun control % 36 21 43
Same-sex marriage % 34 23 42

Note: Percentages may not add up exactly to 100% due to rounding. Figures for age, sex, race, education , region and household
income were weighted where necessary to bring them into line with their actual
proportions in the population.-based global research company that blends premier strategic consulting
with innovative and efficient methods of investigation, analysis and
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If you still cannot hear the voters we will
be happy to schedule the services of a qualified audiologist at your
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Most people, it appears, understand these labels in pretty much the same
way political pundits do.com), Tokyo-based Harris Interactive Japan,
through newly acquired WirthlinWorldwide, a Reston, Virginia-based research
and consultancy firm ranked 25th largest in the world, and through an
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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Political Columnist George Will to Speak at Comerica Business Forum

Large majorities believe that conservatives favor
moral values, cutting taxes, and oppose same-sex marriage, gay rights, and
abortion rights. In other words, 30 percent of all adults
do not give the expected response that conservatives favor cutting taxes.

Perception of Liberals
While large majorities believe liberals favor abortion rights, gay rights,
and same-sex marriage , substantiated minorities give more surprising
responses:

* Fully 39 percent believe liberals favor cutting taxes, and 17 percent
are not sure.
But the label right wing is less clear to many people than conservative.hieurope.

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Florida Citizens For Term Limits Makes Offer to All Lawmakers
Who Voted Against Term Limits

ST.comerica . Norman Schwarzkopf, Michael Dell, The Honorable James Baker,
former Secretary of Defense William Cohen, former Secretary of State Madeleine
Albright, Lee Iacocca, and award-winning CNN business journalist Lou Dobbs.

* 19 percent think that conservatives support gay rights or are not sure.. ?"

Base: All adults
Support Oppose Not Sure
Abortion rights % 84 6 10
Gay rights % 82 7 10
Same-sex marriage % 78 9 13
Affirmative action % 74 9 17
Gun control % 63 24 13
Moral values % 54 28 18
Cutting taxes % 39 44 17

Note: Percentages may not add up exactly to 100% due to rounding.

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This is the text of the message sent today:

Dear Legislator,
It has come to our attention that you are one of the lawmakers who cast a
vote in favor of extending legislators' term limits in Florida from 8 to 12
years.

Florida Citizens For Term Limits recognizes that hearing loss is a serious
problem and a personal tragedy for those affected. To
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These are the results of a new Harris Poll of 2,209 U.

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Perception of Moderates and Independents
Unsurprisingly, perceptions of moderates and independents fall between
those of conservatives and liberals and between right and left-wingers. Smaller numbers , but still
pluralities, believe that independents favor tax cuts, abortion rights,
affirmative action, gay rights, gun control and same sex marriage.
Overall, therefore, people are more likely to see moderates and
independents as resembling liberals than resembling conservatives.

Methodology
The Harris Poll(R) was conducted online within the United States between
January 11 and 16, 2005 among a nationwide cross section of 2,209 adults aged
18 and over.
Harris Interactive combines its intellectual capital, databases and
technology to advance market leadership through U.

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Leftover hearing devices will be provided to any
organization that can make good use of them.fltermlimits. Today it appears twice weekly in just under 500 newspapers in the
United States and Europe..

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HOUSTON, Pulitzer Prize-winning political
columnist George Will is this fall's featured luncheon speaker at the Comerica
Business Forum on Wednesday, September 28, at the Hilton Americas Houston,
1600 Lamar Street, downtown.
(Logo: http://www. In 1976, he became a regular contributing editor of
Newsweek magazine, for which he provides a bimonthly back-page essay. Will
has also published three books on political theory.Y. Majorities believe liberals favor abortion rights, gay
rights, same-sex marriages, and affirmative action. ?"

Base: All adults
Support Oppose Not Sure
Gay rights % 64 18 19
Abortion rights % 61 18 20
Same -sex marriage % 59 21 20
Affirmative action % 59 15 26
Gun control % 50 29 21
Moral values % 40 29 31
Cutting taxes % 30 45 25

Note: Percentages may not add up exactly to 100% due to rounding.. This
online sample is not a probability sample.

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TABLE 5
PERCEPTIONS OF MODERATES
"Thinking now of the political climate in the United States, do you think of
moderates as people who support or oppose .

To become a member of the Harris Poll Online(SM) and be invited to
participate in future online surveys , visit http://www.

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This is simply our way of using satire to exercise
freedom of speech.
George Will's newspaper column has been syndicated by The Washington Post
since 1974.

A new Harris
Poll measures what a cross-section of U.

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" Accordingly, we have purchased
"political hearing aids" for distribution to house lawmakers and senators. the 59 percent who say
that right-wingers support cutting taxes ) are about 10 points lower than those
who give the expected answers when describing conservatives . But
there are some interesting, possibly surprising findings.harrispollonline.

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The voters
keep saying "8" but you keep hearing "12.
Our members will be delivering hearing aids to lawmakers ' offices before
the Legislature sits on March 7th.

CLEARANCE OBTAINED AT THE CAPITOL
Our supporters have obtained clearance to deliver hearing aids and earwax
removal kits in person to all of your offices. He served as a staff member in the United States Senate from 1970
to 1972, and from 1973 through 1976, he was the Washington editor of National
Review magazine .
The majorities who give the expected answers (e... ?"

Base: All adults
Support Oppose Not Sure
Moral values % 68 6 26
Cutting taxes % 53 16 30
Affirmative action % 51 15 34
Abortion rights % 50 19 31
Gun control % 47 21 32
Gay rights % 44 26 30
Same-sex marriage % 26 43 31

Note: Percentages may not add up exactly to 100% due to rounding. EOE
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com/cgi-bin/prnh/20010807/CMALOGO )
The Comerica Business Forum, now in its 12th year, is an exclusive speaker
program featuring nationally-known experts in business, economics and world
affairs. He has taught political
philosophy at Michigan State University, the University of Toronto and Harvard
University.

* 15 percent believe conservatives support same-sex marriage or are not
sure.

Likewise, the label left-winger is broadly perceived to be similar to
liberal except that more people are not sure what it means.

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The Business Forum provides a venue for these experts to join local
business leaders to discuss issues and trends affecting the world today.
The Texas Division of Comerica Bank includes 54 branch offices in the key
Texas markets of Dallas, Houston and Austin., Journalists, political activists,
and many others routinely use political labels to describe politicians and
policies as conservative or liberal, right-wing or left-wing. Unfortunately, there are several other possible sources of
error in all polls or surveys that are probably more serious than theoretical
calculations of sampling error.

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Previous Comerica Business Forum speakers include former President George H.
After reviewing these findings, Bogart , commented that, "The confusion over
what the widely used political labels actually mean reflects their common use
as epithets rather than as true descriptions of people's beliefs..harrisinteractive .

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" Tickets are available at $75 per person, or $675 for a table
of 10, through http://www. Comerica Bank is a subsidiary of
Comerica Incorporated (NYSE: CMA), a financial services company strategically
aligned into the Business Bank, Small Business and Personal Financial
Services, and Wealth and Institutional Management.

Perception of Conservatives
While most people gave the expected answers, substantial minorities think
that conservatives oppose cutting taxes (19%) or are not sure (11%) whether
they favor or oppose cutting taxes. More
people don't know what the phrase means with between 20 and 27 percent saying
they are not sure whether a right-winger would support or oppose each of the
seven policy positions.

Harris Interactive is indebted to the distinguished social scientist, Leo
Bogart, who suggested that we measure what political labels mean to people ..com ), the 15th
largest and fastest-growing market research firm in the world, is a Rochester,
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If you have changed your mind,
or if you feel that your political hearing has cleared up, we will be happy to
bypass your offices.

For Further Information, Contact:
Donna Rodriguez 727-347-2146
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Similarly:

* 50 percent believe that conservatives support gun control or are not
sure.

* Significant but smaller numbers do not believe or are not sure if
liberals support gun control (37%), affirmative action (26%), same-sex
marriage (22%), gay rights (17%), or abortion rights (16%).

Perception of Right Wing and Left Wing
As one would expect, many people think that right-wingers support and
oppose policies in ways which are similar to the positions of conservatives. ?"

Base: All adults
Support Oppose Not Sure
Moral values % 78 10 12
Cutting taxes % 70 19 11
Gun control % 40 50 10
Affirmative action % 26 54 20
Abortion rights % 13 77 10
Gay rights % 8 81 11
Same-sex marriage % 8 85 7

TABLE 2
PERCEPTIONS OF LIBERALS
"Thinking now of the political climate in the United States, do you think of
liberals as people who support or oppose .

TABLE 6
PERCEPTIONS OF INDEPENDENTS
"Thinking now of the political climate in the United States, do you think of
independents as people who support or oppose . Propensity score weighting was also used to
adjust for respondents' propensity to be online.

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TABLE 1
PERCEPTIONS OF CONSERVATIVES
"Thinking now of the political climate in the United States, do you think of
conservatives as people who support or oppose .

About Harris Interactive(R)
Harris Interactive Inc . Known for The Harris Poll(R) and for pioneering Internet-based
research methods, Harris Interactive conducts proprietary and public research
to help its clients achieve clear, material and enduring results.

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, Florida Citizens For Term
Limits has now offered hearing aids to all lawmakers who voted to extend term
limits from 8 to 12 years. Faxes were sent today to all 127 legislators who
voted against the existing term limits law, informing the lawmakers that they
would receive free hearing aids delivered to their Tallahassee offices before
the Legislature sits March 7th.com . Comerica focuses on
relationships, and helping businesses and people be successful. Comerica
Incorporated reported total assets of $54.comerica.. They include refusals to be interviewed (non-
response), question wording and question order, and weighting. It is
impossible to quantify the errors that may result from these factors.Y.