Posted on 11/03/2005 4:42:27 PM PST by ruschpa
For the first time in his presidency, a majority of Americans question the integrity of President Bush, and growing doubts about his leadership have left him with record negative ratings on the economy, Iraq and even the war on terrorism, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
The leftist media has done their job for the democrats well.
What is this? Is a person not allowed to evolve as his understanding increases, and must a person hold the same views as everybody else on everything? The president is heavily constrained in what he can say simply because he holds office. When he is out to pasture, we might get some of what he really thinks.
They stacked the poll to get the result they wanted. It's posted right here on FRee Republic:
Biased ABC/Post Poll Oversample Democrats over Republicans by 11 Points: 52% Dem., 41% Rep., 6% Ind>
I hope that helps.
a HREF="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1515285/posts">Biased ABC/Post Poll Oversample Democrats over Republicans by 11 Points: 52% Dem., 41% Rep., 6% Ind.</a>
No bias here ... come'on folks these people have been outed ... most Americans get it ... they don't, and keep digging a deeper & deeper hole.
You've nailed it! The economy is booming and it's always been the economy that people think of first, unless there is a major story that bumps it to the back burner as 9/11 did when almost the entire country rallied around the President.
High gasoline prices have done more to shake the confidence in this Presidency than anything else and now that they are beginning to recede the administration should be on the offensive and it's not. Karen Hughes may be the answer and I hope she's back in the White House soon.
Well said!
ALL of these MSM pollsters are manipulating their results by oversampling/overweighting Democrats and Democrat-leaning Independents.
AP/Ipsos Reid routinely oversamples Democrats by DOUBLE DIGITS -- their current poll features 50% Democrats: 38% Republicans.
CBSNews discovered that oversampling Democrats by 8 points wasn't enough in their most recent poll so they WEIGHTED their sample in such a way that it dropped an already anemic representation of Republicans from approximately 28% to 23% -- HEY CBS, WHY EVEN BOTHER INCLUDING REPUBLICANS IN YOUR SAMPLE?!
ABCNews/WashCompost doesn't release its sampling data; however, given that their results are similar to those manufactured by AP and CBS, I think we can conclude that they too grossly oversampled Democrats/Democrat-leaning Independents.
BOTTOMLINE: MSM pollsters are manufacturing data designed to advance the liberal agenda . . . nothing more nothing less. They know that because the President will never again stand for re-election, their polling data will never again be evaluated against the only polls that matter!
Fortunately, the President will continue to lead regardless of the polling data and the incessant MSM attacks. However, it is time for Republican congressmen (Senate and House) and Republican voters to help with some of the heavy lifting!!
Is this the poll where only 24% of those polled were Republicans?
If so, the MSM needs to be exposed.
This "poll" is explained in a later thread - heavily dem (over 50%) with fewer Republicans.
Remember the exit polls kerry is the next president
FoxNews/Opinion Dynamics has never posted a poll showing the President with lower than a 41% approval rating. [Given that FN/OD blew their Election 2004 prediction by 5 points, I always add at least that many points to whatever approval rating they happen to manufacture.]
BTW: Only ONE pollster is currently running a TRACKING POLL and that pollster, RASMUSSEN, has consistently shown the President performing within an 8 point range -- 40% - 48% (adults); 43% -51% (likely voters). [NOTE: Rasmussen still oversamples Democrats; however, he does so by 2-3 points vs double digits!]
I agree with you, however the difference between the Rasmussen results and this poll is only 4 points so we are not talking double digits in the actual result.
Rasmussen points out that the President's numbers are at an all time low and that can not be ignored. It is time for this administration to go on the offensive. And not only the administration but more Republican members of Congress need to get assertive. Isn't that what the Democrats are doing 24/7?
Check Rasmussen. He holds partisan mix constant.
Actually, the difference between Rasmussen's 42:56 (-14) and ABCNews/WashPost's 39:60 (-21) does indicate the difference between a 2-3 point Democrat advantage and a double digit advantage.
Yes, the President is at a low ebb for his presidency; however, he is NOT at a low ebb for contemporary presidents.
GALLUP LOWS
35% Reagan
29% Bush 41
37% Clinton
39% Bush 43
Additionally, the only other contemporary presidents to command HOT wars -- Truman and LBJ -- suffered JA approval ratings so low that they were unable to run for re-election.
Bush 43 has already been re-elected -- these polls are nothing more than MSM sour grapes!
Read post # 26 --- BAISED AP
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