Posted on 11/18/2008 6:26:44 PM PST by GVnana
Released: November 18, 2008
Zogby Poll: Almost No Obama Voters Ace Election Test
Survey finds most Obama voters remembered negative coverage of McCain/Palin statements but struggled to correctly answer questions about coverage associated with Obama/Biden
UTICA, New York -- Just 2% of voters who supported Barack Obama on Election Day obtained perfect or near-perfect scores on a post election test which gauged their knowledge of statements and scandals associated with the presidential tickets during the campaign, a new Zogby International telephone poll shows.
Zogby Statement on Ziegler poll:
Only 54% of Obama voters were able to answer at least half or more of the questions correctly.
The 12-question, multiple-choice survey found questions regarding statements linked to Republican presidential candidate John McCain and his vice-presidential running-mate Sarah Palin were far more likely to be answered correctly by Obama voters than questions about statements associated with Obama and Vice-President–Elect Joe Biden. The telephone survey of 512 Obama voters nationwide was conducted Nov. 13-15, 2008, and carries a margin of error of +/- 4.4 percentage points.
The survey was commissioned by John Ziegler, author of The Death of Free Speech, producer of the recently released film "Blocking the Path to 9/11" and producer of the upcoming documentary film, Media Malpractice...How Obama Got Elected.
"We stand by the results our survey work on behalf of John Ziegler, as we stand by all of our work. We reject the notion that this was a push poll because it very simply wasn't. It was a legitimate effort to test the knowledge of voters who cast ballots for Barack Obama in the Nov. 4 election. Push polls are a malicious effort to sway public opinion one way or the other, while message and knowledge testing is quite another effort of public opinion research that is legitimate inquiry and has value in the public square. In this case, the respondents were given a full range of responses and were not pressured or influenced to respond in one way or another. This poll was not designed to hurt anyone, which is obvious as it was conducted after the election. The client is free to draw his own conclusions about the research, as are bloggers and other members of society. But Zogby International is a neutral party in this matter. We were hired to test public opinion on a particular subject and with no ax to grind, that's exactly what we did. We don't have to agree or disagree with the questions, we simply ask them and provide the client with a fair and accurate set of data reflecting public opinion." - John Zogby
"After I interviewed Obama voters on Election Day for my documentary, I had a pretty low opinion of what most of them had picked up from the media coverage of the campaign, but this poll really proves beyond any doubt the stunning level of malpractice on the part of the media in not educating the Obama portion of the voting populace," said Ziegler.
Ninety-four percent of Obama voters correctly identified Palin as the candidate with a pregnant teenage daughter, 86% correctly identified Palin as the candidate associated with a $150,000 wardrobe purchased by her political party, and 81% chose McCain as the candidate who was unable to identify the number of houses he owned. When asked which candidate said they could "see Russia from their house," 87% chose Palin, although the quote actually is attributed to Saturday Night Live's Tina Fey during her portrayal of Palin during the campaign. An answer of "none" or "Palin" was counted as a correct answer on the test, given that the statement was associated with a characterization of Palin.
Obama voters did not fare nearly as well overall when asked to answer questions about statements or stories associated with Obama or Biden -- 83% failed to correctly answer that Obama had won his first election by getting all of his opponents removed from the ballot, and 88% did not correctly associate Obama with his statement that his energy policies would likely bankrupt the coal industry. Most (56%) were also not able to correctly answer that Obama started his political career at the home of two former members of the Weather Underground.
Nearly three quarters (72%) of Obama voters did not correctly identify Biden as the candidate who had to quit a previous campaign for President because he was found to have plagiarized a speech, and nearly half (47%) did not know that Biden was the one who predicted Obama would be tested by a generated international crisis during his first six months as President.
In addition to questions regarding statements and scandals associated with the campaigns, the 12-question, multiple-choice survey also included a question asking which political party controlled both houses of Congress leading up to the election -- 57% of Obama voters were unable to correctly answer that Democrats controlled both the House and the Senate.
For content, contact: John Ziegler at talktozig@aol.com.
The people in that video were probably more intelligent than most who voted — or at least fairly well spoken. We’ve heard the ‘man on the street’ idiots, and the Sterns interviews. Brains are not an issue -— especially for those who wish power.
We are in trouble.
No I meant questions like: Who is Senate Majority Leader, who is your governor? These people would never know the answer, too busy watching American Idol.
That’s lazy, not stupid, IMHO.
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It is what I call “willfully ignorant” which may be worse than stupid. These are the kind of people represented by the old cliche,”Don’t confuse me with the facts”. They don’t want to know the truth and they become very belligerant when anyone tries to make them aware of the truth. The reason for this is that if they are made to face the truth it includes the truth that they themselves are too useless and sorry to live. They will gladly suck the life out of anyone who has any real energy, they are the human equivalent of ticks on a hound dog’s ear. The most disgusting feature exhibited by most of them is their insistence that they are in fact the “intelligentsia” when, in point of fact, most of them exhibit less real intelligence than the average sharecropper of sixty years ago.
Great bumper sticker.
It is beyond sickening. I wouldn’t want to be in the shoes of most of the MSM, academia, etc. who deceptively help form public opinion, when they meet their maker.
Obama has the mandate of stupid people.
Great bumper sticker.
>But your car would get keyed, or worse.
It took a century, but compulsory governent schooling has finally achieved the goal of a population of drones who will do what they are told and ask no questions.
The ONLY LINE OF DEFENSE that exists against a TOTAL ONE PARTY RULE of the Federal Government is the 4th estate.
As we can see from this poll and previous interviews the alternative news media and the MSM are completely in the back pocket of OBAMA.
There are absolutely NO checks and balances, something that could NEVER happen if the GOP were in charge.
Our nation COULD BE in serious peril!
So.....what’s new????
: 200. Before this past election, which political party controlled both houses of congress?
201. Which candidate could not say how many houses they own?
202. Which candidate said they could see Russia from their house?
203. Which candidate had to quit a previous political campaign because they were found to have plagiarized a speech?
204. Which candidate won their first election by getting all of their opponents kicked off the ballot?
205. Which candidate wore clothes that their political party reportedly spent $150,000 on?
206. Which candidate currently has a pregnant teenage daughter?
207. Which candidate said that Obama would be tested in his first six months as president by a generated international crisis?
208. Which candidate claimed to have campaigned in 57 states?
209. Which candidate said their policies would likely bankrupt the coal industry and make energy rates skyrocket?
210. Which candidate said that the government should redistribute the wealth?
211. Which candidate started their political career at the home of two former members of the Weather Underground?
I got all 12, as I am sure most FReepers would.
Many Repubs reaction is to not fight them, give in and hope to get a better deal from the MSM. Hey, we might get a few wins in the short term, but forget about our Republic.
So if you are at the highest levels of the RNC you better be thinking about:
1. Better ways to deliver the message including alternative media including the Internet
2. Revamp and re-energize the GOTV efforts
3. Raise more $$, scrap this idea of limiting campaign contributions and spending
4. Start long term projects to get to the youth in the schools. Find a way to make Conservatism “cool” and “hip” and to “feel good”, because that is what our schools are churning out.
5. Energize and organize Conservatives to get out a deliver the message. This is very hard because most of us just want to be left alone and not get out there. We must.
The left can be defeated, because they have no real solutions, they will over reach and fail badly. Conservatism works, but must be “sold” more effectively.
schu
bump for later
“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Hosea 4:6”
Thank you. The whole chapter 4 is worthy of reading.
Unfortunately for us all, America is Stuck on Stupid.
202. Which candidate said they could see Russia from their house?
Uh, that wasn’t even a candidate; that was Tina Fey. But I KNOW what the sheeple said.
I can’t even look at this stuff anymore. It just enrages me.
You're right. The correct answer to that question is "none of the above." Here is Palin's comment:
It makes them ignorant. Stupid is unable to learn. Ignorant is able to learn but having not learned. Thus, those who refuse to learn may well be able to, they just won't. That leaves them uninformed and, hence, ignorant, yes?
Isn’t it true that the blindest man is the one who will not see?
Metaphorically, probably, but metaphors are an observation of reality and only have validity when they constructively interpret it. They do not determine reality. Those who are unable to see are blind and must figure out their environment, those who refuse to see will just blunder into whatever comes into range. You can try to steer them clear, but it's likely wasted effort. So, you have a point: those who want to see but can't will likely be more co-operative than those who could see but won't.
That still doesn't make those who are wilfully ignorant stupid, just ignorant, which entirely suffices for the purpose of figuring out what they are likely to do or insist on next, yes?
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