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"NOYB" wrote in message
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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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thunder wrote:
On Mon, 03 Oct 2005 21:39:53 +0000, NOYB wrote:
Bush 43's numbers have held steady in the mid to upper
40's...despite
record gas prices, a war that half of our nation opposes, and a
major
hurricane that exposed many weaknesses in our government at all
levels.
Newsweek Poll conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates
International. Sept. 29-30, 2005. N=1,004 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.
.
"Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling
his job as president?"
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Approve 40% Disapprove 53%
Rasmussen: 47%
Fox: 45%
CNN/USA Today/Gallup: 45%
Newsweek's numbers are a bit out of line with reality. I guess that's
what happens when you let an agenda get in the way of the truth.
I assume you didn't like the way Newsweek phrased their survey
questions. Do you know what they were, or do you disapprove without
having that information?
I disapprove of the constant negative barrage of misinformation that
continually comes out of Newsweek.
There are numerous ways that polling data can be manipulated or "shaped"
to fit an agenda. When one poll differs substantially from three other
major polls, you have to begin to wonder why...particularly when you add
it to the fact that they consistently put out negative info on the
President.
OK - you're an expert. Provide us with 3 "impartial" survey questions.
The questions are not necessarily the only way to manipulate the data. The
sample group and means of obtaining data are even more important.
For example, before the 2002 and 2004 elections, many pollsters were
oversampling Democratic voters. They erroneously believed that the number
of voting Democrats greatly outnumbered the number of voting Republicans.
They used exit polling data from the 1996 election to reach this conclusion.
But they missed two very important facts about both the 1996 election, and
the time period between the elections:
1) the Republican base was apathetic about the Dole/Kemp ticket, so didn't
turn out in force
2) the country's voting habits leaned more towards the Republican candidate
in the mid-to-latter half of the 90's.....particularly when voting for
gubernatorial and congressional candidates.
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