Zogby: * Admin’s Ties To Oil Industry Are Hurting Consumers On Gas Prices

Faced with gasoline prices soaring to more than $2.00 per gallon, most likely voters say the Bush Administration’s close ties to the oil industry are hurting consumers, a new Zogby America survey found. By nearly a 5 to1 margin, 57% - 12%, voters said that the Administration’s close ties to the oil industry were hurting, rather than helping, consumers.

The Zogby America survey, conducted for The Wilderness Society, interviewed 985 likely voters chosen at random nationwide from May 10-13, 2004 and has a margin of error of +/- 3.2 percentage points. Slight weights were added to region, party, age, race, religion, and gender to more accurately reflect the voting population. Margins of error are higher in sub-groups. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest percent and might not total 100.

http://interactive.zogby.com/s/i.cfm?ID=349467&pass=mkb8cdcgov

Good info, nonetheless...

it is tough as hell to change a 5 to 1 margin

"Slight weights were added to region, party, age, race, religion, and gender to more accurately reflect the voting population."

JM