[KC_Conspirator]

You have got to be kidding me. They oversampled democrats by 10%?

[weegee]

The zogbyism of the MSM continues. Shouldn't be a surprise really. They tried to steal the 2004 election by discouraging Republicans from going to the polls on election day by running with such skewed figures.

The left even claimed the Republicans "had" to have stolen the election because the polls showed they would win.

[MikeA]

Here are the poll internals for presidential approval that the AP has been running with all year in terms of party I.D. The first column of results are for August working back each month to January.

Republicans 39% 42% 40% 42% 41% 39% 39% 43%
Democrats 48% 51% 50% 49% 48% 47% 52% 49%
Independents 13% 7% 10% 9% 11% 14% 9% 8%
Total: 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Registered 79% 77% 80% 79% 82% 78% 76% 80%
Breathing 21% 23% 20% 21% 18% 22% 24% 20%
Total: 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Approve 42% 42% 43% 47% 44% 48% 45% 49%
Disapprove 55% 56% 55% 51% 54% 50% 54% 49%
Total: 97% 98% 98% 98% 98% 98% 99% 98%

[bray]

In related news today the Sun rose in the East!! The Stone Age Press shows their hatred once again.

Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters

[bayourod]

Good article, thanks.

The RNC has its own private polls on many subjects that we never get to see. They usually know what people are really thinking.

[TheForceOfOne]

The MSM still hasn't gotten the memo that GWB isn't running in 2008.

They have conditioned me to not believe a damn thing they say anymore, now I just wish they would go away.

[jimmango]

I thought that everyone knew 78.35% of all statistics are made up on the spur of the moment!

[Dave S]

And they've sampled 39% Republicans and 49% Democrats. So that 42% approval rating that they're flouting is a fake number, a number that doesn't represent political reality. But it certainly sounds bad for the President, which seems to be the AP's raison d'etre...

Before you get too cocky, how was the sample for previous monthly approval rating surveys taken. I doubt this is an outlier. It may not be as low as AP says but the Presidents approval rating is still awfully low and headed in the wrong direction. Bush needs to start communicating better than he has been to get it back up.

[jpl]

It's common knowledge that out of all the major polling organzations, AP-Ipsos is always the most bogus and inaccurate. I think they were the only one that had Kerry winning a majority of the popular vote in '04.

[Mike Darancette]

All things remaining the same having an even split of GOP and RATS would give Bush an approval rating on over 50%.

[hawkaw]

A 10% oversample of rats and they didn't poll likely voters ....

That's getting close to that "booing" article AP released during the election when no one actually booed.

[balch3]

Even Rasmusen has been infected with liberal MSM bias. He has Bush in the 40's as well. Is there any accurate poll out there?

[Daaave]

"Lies, damn lies and statistics (These polls.).- Mark Twain

"This quote from Mark Twain is accurate; statistics are often used to lie to the public because most people do not understand how statistics work."- BBC

[goldstategop]

As posted on today's Rush Limbaugh show. He calls it trash. Bush's approval rating is well over 50%. How the MSM can get away with such a travesty is the question of the century.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)