Toplines: Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008 – April 2008
This document contains the detailed toplines from the Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008 - April 2008. Toplines (.pdf)
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This document contains the detailed toplines from the Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008 - April 2008. Toplines (.pdf)
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