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It takes a while, but people are wising up.
#5347596 - 02/27/06 10:53 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Bush's and Cheney's poll numbers both are at all time lows. Bush's approval rating is at 34%. Cheney's is at 18%. (link to story)
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MisterKite
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Re: It takes a while, but people are wising up. [Re: Skeptikos]
#5347740 - 02/27/06 11:31 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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hell yea.
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Skeptikos
GeneticallyEngineeredBonobo

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CBS Slants Bush Poll in Favor of Democrats [Re: Skeptikos]
#5349139 - 02/28/06 12:19 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Well, here's an interesting wrinkle about that poll (link for source of quote below)
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CBS Slants Bush Poll in Favor of Democrats Posted by Greg Sheffield on February 28, 2006 - 08:57.
In its classic "fair and balanced" tradition, CBS slanted in favor of Democrats its poll that found Bush has a 34 percent approval rating and a 59 percent disapproval rating, an all-time high for a CBS poll.
On the bottom of the PDF version of the poll (page 18) it says how many Democrats versus Republicans were contacted.
"Total Republicans" contacted: 272 unweighted and 289 weighted.
"Total Democrats" contacted: 409 unweighted and 381 weighted.
"Total Independents" contacted: 337 unweighted and 348 weighted.
Brent Baker also noted how CBS failed to highlight a key portion of its poll on the Feb. 27 "CBS Evening News." 66 percent of respondents thought the media devoted "too much time" to Cheney's hunting accident.
UPDATE 12:31. The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press has a helpful table in this report (page 13) on what percentage of Americans consider themselves to be Republican or Democrat. It shows that in both 2004 and 2005, 30% said they were Republican compared to 33% who said they were Democrats. The new CBS poll (even after being weighted) had a population of only 28% Republicans to 37% Democrats.
UPDATE 13:21. Aside from their bias, Jason Smith notes how mid-year polls are often unreliable predictors for future elections.
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Learyfan
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Re: It takes a while, but people are wising up. [Re: Skeptikos]
#5349180 - 02/28/06 12:29 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I thought his poll numbers were at this level a while ago?
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Re: It takes a while, but people are wising up. [Re: Learyfan]
#5349545 - 02/28/06 01:58 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Except they weren't
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