New Bush Poll Biased by the Numbers
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COMMENTLINE
Once again AP-Ipsos presents us with flawed poll numbers in Bush's Approval Rating Falls to New Low . The poll is stacked in most of its demographics to favor pro-Democrat results and is used to present a situation that would seem dire when taken at face value. When we look at the data, the whole story becomes questionable.
Amazingly, the article sourcing the poll makes the statement that more Republicans now disapprove of Bush's performance ... when the survey actually fails to poll enough Republican respondents to base the claim upon.
Of polled:
Republicans: 29%
Democrat: 35%
Independent: 20%
None: 14%
Actual -- in last election: 37% each for Republicans/Democrats, the rest with third party or no party affiliation.
Of polled:
Religion: 19% said they had none.
Actual -- in last election 10% said they had none.
Of polled:
Race: 69% white
Actual -- 77% white
Source: Ankle Biting Pundits
Source: Ipsos
NEWSLINE
A first-year student in statistics would be flunked for turning in poll results as obviously bad as this AP-Ipsos poll. Yet thousands of articles will appear in all media, across the nation and the world in the next few days, based on this poll. John Armor
NEWSBYTES
Bush's Approval Rating Falls to New Low
WASHINGTON (AP) -- More and more people, particularly Republicans, disapprove of President Bush's performance, question his character and no longer consider him a strong leader against terrorism, according to an AP-Ipsos poll documenting one of the bleakest points of his presidency.
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COMMENTLINEOnce again AP-Ipsos presents us with flawed poll numbers in Bush's Approval Rating Falls to New Low . The poll is stacked in most of its demographics to favor pro-Democrat results and is used to present a situation that would seem dire when taken at face value. When we look at the data, the whole story becomes questionable.
Amazingly, the article sourcing the poll makes the statement that more Republicans now disapprove of Bush's performance ... when the survey actually fails to poll enough Republican respondents to base the claim upon.
Of polled:
Republicans: 29%
Democrat: 35%
Independent: 20%
None: 14%
Actual -- in last election: 37% each for Republicans/Democrats, the rest with third party or no party affiliation.
Of polled:
Religion: 19% said they had none.
Actual -- in last election 10% said they had none.
Of polled:
Race: 69% white
Actual -- 77% white
Source: Ankle Biting Pundits
Source: Ipsos
NEWSLINE
A first-year student in statistics would be flunked for turning in poll results as obviously bad as this AP-Ipsos poll. Yet thousands of articles will appear in all media, across the nation and the world in the next few days, based on this poll. John Armor
NEWSBYTES
Bush's Approval Rating Falls to New Low
WASHINGTON (AP) -- More and more people, particularly Republicans, disapprove of President Bush's performance, question his character and no longer consider him a strong leader against terrorism, according to an AP-Ipsos poll documenting one of the bleakest points of his presidency.
Tags: Media, Journalism, newspapers, polls, Bush, White House
Global Tags: Washington DC, News and Politics, News, Politics, Current Events, Current Affairs, Life, Culture, Tension
Click here to explore the rest of THE TENSION.
posted by Steven Moyer at 7:12 AM
4 Comments:
I have a lot more on the bias of this poll, and the flat out lies of the articles reporting it:
http://www.rightwinged.com/2006/02/busted_misleading_cbs_poll_say.html
guess I needed to use html to make that link work
http://www.rightwinged.com/2006/02/busted_misleading_cbs_poll_say.html
That's right. Attack the messenger. Hmmmm - can you say ducking accountability?
No one with a defendable comment would have to hide behind a cloak of Anonymous.
I didn’t attack any messenger. If you would have actually read my comments, you would have seen that. I only quoted the numbers, which is more than I can say for anonymous folks who appear to exist in a data-free environment.
Perhaps Bush’s popularity is low across the nation. However, a slanted poll only reflects bias in the desire of the polltakers to obtain a desired result over a random result.
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