From: Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacation@gmail.com>
To: Mohamed Waheed Hassan >
Subject: Re: Preliminary Baseline Polling Memorandum
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:07:01 +0000
how was the conference, what were the two or three take away ideas? new people, opportunites.?
On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Mohamed Waheed Hassan < wrote:
Just arrived from Cairo and looked at the questions. I will be going through them with my team tomorrow. I
suppose you will want us to consider other areas and questions which we think might be useful such as
education and health.
I know we want be able to and may not even be desirable to make the questionnaire too long. Is there a
number we should try to limit questions to.
Good intro for each section, generally accurate but as you said I will not be too concerned at this stage about
all the facts.
This is a quick message.
We will get back to you tomorrow.
Best regards
Waheed
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On Feb 8, 2013, at 10:56 AM, "James P. McGee" wrote:
President Waheed:
As we have emailed, and as I spoke with Jeffrey about, the next step we must get underway with is a
substantial Baseline Survey/ Poll to get a true idea where things stand for you and your opposition in the
September Presidential Election as well as identifying what the prevailing issues are and will play out in the
upcoming campaign.
Attached is a very detailed memorandum that was prepared by one of my partners, Jason Cincotti with input
from other 3rd party sources which lays out some very frank (and I am sure in some cases) unpleasant
summaries about the prevailing issues facing the Maldives. It also includes some draft suggested (but not
finalized) questions for the survey that we will need to review and discuss. It is very important that you read
this memorandum in an objective way and it is also very important that you not to take it personally.
When polling in such a delicate political environment like the one you are currently facing, it is important to
understand that we don't want to shy away from those sensitive areas, in fact we want the opposite — We
want the true answers to those questions to understand what the electorate is thinking about so that we can
make sure that you are the candidate that best speaks to those issues and connects with that electorate.
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To put it another way: This isn't about the fluffy clouds and rainbows questions, instead this about the nitty-
gritty questions that are going to make the baseline poll produce the data we can use and that is what we are
doing with some of the suggested draft questions in this memorandum.
We will also add in some of the standard horserace questions including the head to head with you and
Nasheed, etc... that are always a part of any poll but it is the questions around the issues that will produce the
most important data for us.
We would need to review the attached draft questions with you and the designated members of your team to
make sure we have localized and finalized the baseline questions we decide on and ensure the type of
answers we are looking to get out of the survey. We can discuss the memorandum at a time that works for
you and your team. Just let us know what will work best for you and we can set up a time to review and
discuss.
Please email me back after you have reviewed the attached memo
I hope all is well and look forward to talking to you soon
McGee
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