A FACE VALUE OVERSAMPLE OF DEMOCRATS OF 6 POINTS.
I LAUGH.
FYI: CBS can hide even a higher oversample of Democrats in the "Independent" column.
Also, it is a garbage sample of 'national adults'.
Total Respondents - 725
REPUBLICANS - 209
DEMOCRATS - 249
INDEPENDENTS - 267
REPUBLICANS - 28.8%
DEMOCRATS - 34.3%
INDEPENDENTS - 36.8%
LAUGHABLE.
I believe for last years election, Repubs and Dims were evenly split at about 37% (with Independents making up the rest). Most of these polls are worthless. Unfortunately, no one ever explains the shortcomings. The good news is that this helps to contribute to the misunderestimation of the Pres.
The people who claim any validity for these idiotic polls don't know the first thing about mathematical statistics. I laugh every time I see the plus/minus 3 percent or whatever. It's the "sauce" they all have to apply to try and make up for all the things they don't know accurately that makes the entire activity so much nonsense. The only reason the MSM polls today is to create a story for the next 24/7 news cycle. And they purposely slant each and every poll to get the result they have already written their story around. It's all total BS.
independents aren't. they're just democrats that don't have the guts to admit to the stupidity of their decisions.
What? CBS dishonest about polls? Why, how could that be? Just the other day, Dan Rather told us that CBS was the most honest network we have...
Independents, could that be like the "other" on C-Span call in line? S\
It truly is THE SAMPLE STUPID!!
BTW: Have you had a chance to review the sample for today's BOGUS AP/Ipsos Reid poll? [I haven't which is why I'm asking you.]
WE ALL LIE...SOME JUST DO IT BETTER
Independant = Embarrased Democrat
Maybe someone should alert the media that :
A poll has never nominated a Supreme Court Justice.
A poll has never reversed the results of a presidential election.
George Bush is POTUS for another three years and 4 months.
The phrase "biased CBS" is redundant. CBS is synonymous to bias.
Fake but "accurate" polling.
With everything going on in the world, CBS still has to pay somebody to "make up" the news. Polls are no substitute for sending out those lazy, bloated reporters to do some real investigative reporting. If we want American Idol for the news, we know what numbers to dial. For goodness sakes, do something more useful than preening themselves before the cameras go on.
I should have known better, but I took a peek at your poll here: http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/CBSNews_polls/hurricane.pdfSince you oversampled Democrats and Independents, do you really feel this poll accurately reflects the feelings of the average American?
I can guarantee you it does not reflect the feelings of THIS American!
And everyone wonders why I say polls are a giant waste of time.
Cordially,
upchuck
Aiken, SC
We need to write and inform them that if they continue to report bias polls, that we will then write their sponsors and threaten to boycott sponsor's products.
Ummmmm CBS, we don't have a "moderate" party. Seems it might be a fiction you use to "stuff the ballot box" so to speak. Until there's a moderate party, it might be best to poll members of existing parties. Otherwise, some of us will think you're trying to, well, how do I put it ... yep, some of us will think you're trying to lie to us.
No one expects a fair "poll" from CBS.