1. Please rank the Obama administration’s policy on the following topics from 1 (terrible policy) to 10 (great policy):
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Policy
|
Rank
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Refraining from more intensive intervention in Syria
|
6
|
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Attempting to actively promote the Israeli-Palestinian peace process
|
6.44
|
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Dealing with developments in Egypt and handling relations with the Egyptian government
|
6.33
|
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Advancing the effort to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons
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6.22
|
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Handling relations with Turkey
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6.78
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2. Exactly a year ago, we asked the panel to answer the following question. We would like to ask you to take a look at it again and answer: please rank the following institutions from 1 (very bad for Israel) to 10 (great for Israel):
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Institution
|
Rank
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6.2012
|
|
AIPAC
|
8
|
8.4
|
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J Street
|
6
|
5.8
|
|
Democratic Party
|
7
|
7.33
|
|
Republican Party
|
6.44
|
7.05
|
|
Congress
|
6.89
|
7.11
|
|
The Obama administration
|
6.78
|
6.56
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3. Looking ahead to 2016, please rank the following presidential candidates on scale of 1 (very bad for Israel) to 10 (great for Israel)
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Candidate
|
Rank
|
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Hillary Clinton
|
8.11
|
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Joe Biden
|
7.83
|
|
Chris Christie
|
6.64
|
|
Marco Rubio
|
6.5
|
|
Paul Ryan
|
5.25
|
|
Jeb Bush
|
7
|
|
Janet Napolitano
|
6
|
|
Andrew Cuomo
|
7.88
|
|
Martin O'Malley
|
6.2
|
|
Deval Patrick *
|
6.5
|
|
Cory Booker
|
7.8
|
|
Elizabeth Warren
|
6
|
|
Mark Warner *
|
7
|
|
Brian Schweitzer *
|
6.25
|
|
Kirsten Gillibrand
|
7.38
|
|
Rand Paul
|
3.33
|
|
Bobby Jindal *
|
5.25
|
|
Susana Martinez *
|
4.25
|
|
Amy Klobuschar *
|
6.67
|
|
Howard Dean
|
6.29
|
|
Antonio Villaraigosa
|
6.6
|
|
Mike Pence *
|
6.17
|
|
Eric Cantor
|
6.61
|
|
Ted Cruz *
|
4.5
|
|
Jon Huntsman *
|
7
|
|
Rick Santorum
|
5.33
|
|
John Thune *
|
5.5
|
* Candidates who were ranked by less than 5 of our panelists.
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