Date: January 19, 2004

RE: Results from Zogby America poll

Methodology

Zogby International conducted interviews of 1000 likely voters chosen at random nationwide. All calls were made from Zogby International headquarters in Utica, N.Y., from January 15 thru January 18, 2004. The margin of error is +/- 3.2 percentage points. Slight weights were added to region, party, age, race, religion, gender to more accurately reflect the voting population. Margins of error are higher in sub-groups.

Narrative Summary

36. Foie gras is an expensive food item served in some upscale restaurants. It is produced by force-feeding geese and ducks large quantities of food, causing the animals' livers to swell up to twelve times their normal size. A long metal pipe is inserted into the animal's esophagus several times a day. Often, this process causes the animals' internal organs to rupture. Several European countries currently prohibit this practice as cruel. Do you agree or disagree that force-feeding geese and ducks to produce foie gras should be banned by law in the United States?

Agree 77%
Disagree 16
Not sure 7

More than three in four (77%) voters agree that the process of force-feeding ducks and geese in order to produce foie gras should be banned by law in the United States, while 16% disagree and 7% are not sure.

A significant majority in all sub-groups oppose this practice, including 83% in the south and 76% in the west; 73% of Republicans and 75% of independent voters; 88% of Hispanics and 80% of African Americans; 74% of rural residents; 73% of conservatives; and 73% of men.