According to Chris Wilson, there are two versions of the report of the Occupy Wall Street poll from so-called hack pollster Doug Schoen.

Here’s the report that Azi Paybarah says that Schoen sent to him, and here’s the final question from the poll:

And here’s what’s on Schoen’s own website:

Very similar, except for that last phrase, “no matter what the cost.” I have no idea which was actually asked to the survey participants, but it’s a reminder of the difficulties of public opinion research—-sometimes you don’t even know what question was asked!

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