Feeling the people's pulse
E offensive and the government equally belligerent.An HT-GFK Mode (a leading market research agency in the country) survey in six districts of the state has thrown up some interesting statistics on the top 10 poll issues. The important qualities that the voters are looking for in the future chief minister, what they consider more important while casting their vote — the party or the candidate — and on the leader and the party of their choice.
The survey was conducted in the urban and the semi-urban areas of six districts, namely Noida, Agra, Meerut, Lucknow, Varanasi and Allahabad. In all, 1,256 respondents were contacted, of which 50% each were male and female. Two age groups were covered, 18-30 years and 31 years and above.
Though small, the survey offers a glimpse into the changing mood of the voter.
Samajwadi Party state president Akhilesh Yadav comments, "I agree and disagree with surveys. The sample size in a state with a population of 20 crore and 70-odd districts is very crucial for any conclusive finding. The mood of the voters in a huge state like ours varies from the urban to the rural areas."
Corruption topped the list of 10 poll issues that the respondents were asked about. Others included land acquisition, price rise, proposed trifurcation of the state, Ram temple, economic development and industrialisation, education and unemployment, bijli-pani-sadak and health. Yadav agrees with the survey here.
“I agree with the survey as my party also plans to focus on three poll issues — corruption, price rise and unemployment. While the Congress is responsible for rampant corruption and price rise at the Centre, Mayawati will have to face the music in the state for the same.”
An average of 21% of the respondents, cutting across gender and age-groups, voted for corruption as the most important poll issue. The issue got the highest votes in Meerut (24%) and the lowest in Allahabad (16%).
Unemployment was rated as the second major poll issue with an average of 19% males and 18% females opting for it. Interestingly, the issue seems to be bigger in the semi-urban areas (20%) as against 17% in the urban areas.
Crime, that seems to have rattled the Mayawati government, figures fifth on the list. The survey confirms the general perception that the Ram temple issue has lost its potency. Only 1% of the respondents favoured it across five districts, while in Allahabad 4% respondents still believed it to be a poll issue.
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There is an article that will be in July's PS on the job market. It could have been more interesting but it buried the differential success rates by major field.
Americanists on the market - 56.6% tenure-track jobs, 29.2% non-tenure track/post-doc, 8.0% other employment, and 6.3% not placed.
IR - 41.5% tenure-track jobs, 40.1% non-tenure track/post-doc, 11.0% other employment, and 7.4% not placed.
Comparative - 43.2% tenure-track jobs, 37.3% non-tenure track/post-doc, 10.8% other employment, and 8.7% not placed.
Political Philosophy -26.6% tenure-track jobs, 49.0% non-tenure track/post-doc, 10.5% other employment, and 14.0% not placed.
Oddly enough, the tone of the article is that the American field is hurting because its percentage of total jobs is down (from nearly 25% in 2002 to 17-18% over the last couple of years).
There is an article that will be in July's PS on the job market. It could have been more interesting but it buried the differential success rates by major field.Americanists on the market - 56.6% tenure-track jobs, 29.2% non-tenure track/post-doc, 8.0% other employment, and 6.3% not placed.
IR - 41.5% tenure-track jobs, 40.1% non-tenure track/post-doc, 11.0% other employment, and 7.4% not placed.
Comparative - 43.2% tenure-track jobs, 37.3% non-tenure track/post-doc, 10.8% other employment, and 8.7% not placed.
Political Philosophy -26.6% tenure-track jobs, 49.0% non-tenure track/post-doc, 10.5% other employment, and 14.0% not placed.
Oddly enough, the tone of the article is that the American field is hurting because its percentage of total jobs is down from nearly 25% in 2002 to 17-18% over the last couple of years.
My experience suggests that advertisements in the American field tend to be much more narrowly drawn than in other fields. For example, a school will say they're looking for someone who studies the presidency or interest groups and elections. There is some of this in other fields too, of course (for example, field specialists in comparative), but my sense is that there is much less of it. For this reason alone, the stats for Americanists would be drastically misleading.
Without the huge hassle of mining the ads and candidates for more info, you might use R1 status as a proxy for the number of best athlete advertisements. These sorts of ads (for Americanists) are typical in R1s, but are virtually unheard of at regional institutions and LACs.
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