Perhaps I didn't make myself sufficiently clear. I don't think the questions on this survey were slanted. For the most part they were objective: how do you "slant" a question that asks, for example, if you've attended any FT in-person get-togethers? Either you have or you haven't. It's not a matter of opinion, unless you're stuck trying to figure out whether or not a planned meeting with two others in a bar at Heathrow counts. My use of a survey of Republicans about Bush wasn't to suggest slanted questions, only to suggest a sample which is not representative of the overall population. Whether or not some political surveys phrase questions so as to elicit a desired response is a separate topic that I didn't bring up and that I don't think is on-topic here.

I simply think that the survey sample has to be recognized for what it is, self-selected among participants in an Internet travel discussion group. The results can be of value in that context.