pened, compared with 12 percent
in 1992.
The drop is attributed to a
change in the question meant to
gauge denial, which analysts said
contained a confusing double neg-
ative that led some respondents
to answer the opposite of what
they intended or to answer "not
sure" because they did not un-
derstand the question.
The original question was,
"Does it seem possible or does it
seem impossible to you that the
Nazi extermination of the Jews
never happened?"
Burns Roper, the now-retired
chairman of the Roper group, ex-
plained that questioners were at-
tempting to avoid phrasing that
would encourage a positive re-
sponse.
The new question asked, "Does
it seem possible to you that the
Nazi extermination of the Jews
never happened, or do you feel
certain that it happened?"
In the new poll, 91 percent of
those questioned said they were
certain the Holocaust happened,
The drop is
attributed to a
change in the
question meant to
gauge denial.
compared with 65 percent in the
original survey.
The results of the original sur-
vey had been questioned since
they were released in April 1993
and were officially disavowed by
Mr. Roper himself in May 1994.
"We should never have ap-
proved the question, and we cer-
tainly never should have written
it," he told a conference of pro-
fessional pollsters.
The results of the original sur-
vey had been viewed by some as
shocking evidence that neo-Nazi
Holocaust deniers had had a sig-
nificant impact on American be-
liefs. There were reports that
neo-Nazi groups even cited the
AJCommittee poll to encourage
their supporters.
But the new poll found that
only about half of deniers sur-
veyed and 4 percent of those un-
sure had ever heard denial
claims.
The denial question was writ-
ten by the Roper group.
The recent Roper poll was the
result of in-person interviews
with 991 adults across the coun-
try. It had a margin of error of
plus or minus 3 percentage
points.
The poll also found a 7 percent
increase from the 1992 survey in
general knowledge about the
Holocaust.
PETERS
DEMOCRAT FOR STATE SENATE
I've known Gary
a long time. He's
exactly the kind of
person—accessible,
accountable, decisive—
we need in the State
Senate and we can
count on once
he gets there.
—Rep. Maxine Berman
We need a leader with
Gary Peters' values
and experience to
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children, the safety of
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