Instead of asking the question, "should the president of the united states be granted the line-item veto? " a survey written by a politician who is in favor of the line-item veto asks, "should the president of the united states be granted the line-item veto in order to eliminate governmental waste? " this technique of asking a leading question is called

Spin framing.

Explanation:

Spin framing may be defined as the cognitive bias in which the brain decides the way to represent the information provided by the person. They are also used to influence the audience and decision makers.

The survey gas been written by politician on United State. The technique by asking the leading question is spin framing. Here, the given information has been presented in different way according to the individual's desire and the question has been framed.

Thus, the answer is spin framing.