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Rasmussen Poll: Bush Job Approval - 49% 'Likely Voters', 46% 'National Adults'
Rasmussen Reports ^
| November 13, 2005
| Scott Rasmussen
Posted on 11/13/2005 8:21:07 AM PST by new yorker 77
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Lib rage leading to Dem meltdown.
To: new yorker 77
What a bunch of horse-hockey. They claimed that Gore had beaten Bush. Then their exit polls showed that Kerry had beaten Bush. Why would we listen to anything the liberal media says?
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posted on
11/13/2005 8:23:51 AM PST
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Brilliant
To: Brilliant; Blurblogger
Why is there only a 3% difference between likely voters and adults? Something is off here.
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posted on
11/13/2005 8:26:44 AM PST
by
Arthur Wildfire! March
("We might have dodged a bomb but we lost a lot of brains." Bill Clinton [Veteran Sink Soldier])
To: Arthur Wildfire! March
Not really.
Traditionally, the satisfaction of those likely to vote is always slightly better than that of the apathetic non-voter. It does not matter if the President is Democrat or Republican.
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posted on
11/13/2005 8:34:43 AM PST
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new yorker 77
(FAKE POLLS DO NOT TRANSLATE INTO REAL VOTERS!)
To: new yorker 77
You'll never hear this poll quoted in the MSM.
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posted on
11/13/2005 8:38:37 AM PST
by
dc-zoo
To: new yorker 77
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posted on
11/13/2005 8:39:41 AM PST
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: new yorker 77
Bush needs to keep up the heat
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posted on
11/13/2005 8:40:30 AM PST
by
wardaddy
(Captain Spaulding (the perfect dinner guest))
To: Salvation
Steadily trending back up... looks like Katrina/Libby are being put into proper context as reality is overtaking the media hype.
To: new yorker 77
Fascinating. I assumed that likely voters are much more conservative than non-voters. Then again, conservatives aren't terribly happy right now, either. But that brings up a question: what percentage of 'likely voters' actually do vote?
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posted on
11/13/2005 8:51:30 AM PST
by
Arthur Wildfire! March
("We might have dodged a bomb but we lost a lot of brains." Bill Clinton [Veteran Sink Soldier])
To: Arthur Wildfire! March
Here's a fact you can research on your own.
VAP is Voting Age Population. It represents 'National Adults'.
In 2000 and 2004, 55% of the VAP voted.
In 1998 and 2002, 36% of the VAP voted.
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posted on
11/13/2005 8:53:33 AM PST
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new yorker 77
(FAKE POLLS DO NOT TRANSLATE INTO REAL VOTERS!)
To: Arthur Wildfire! March
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posted on
11/13/2005 8:55:30 AM PST
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new yorker 77
(FAKE POLLS DO NOT TRANSLATE INTO REAL VOTERS!)
To: new yorker 77
Thank you for the information.
Sometimes, my hunches are right on target, like the 2004 election. Tending to get better at hunches all the time. But I was baffled by 2005 the same as I was baffled by 1998. Still don't understand polls well enough. Nor do I understand 'likely voter' stats. FRegards....
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posted on
11/13/2005 9:02:35 AM PST
by
Arthur Wildfire! March
("We might have dodged a bomb but we lost a lot of brains." Bill Clinton [Veteran Sink Soldier])
To: new yorker 77
Finally a poll that isn't skewed to make W look bad and that isn't oversampled with liberals and democrats.
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posted on
11/13/2005 9:02:40 AM PST
by
rs79bm
To: wardaddy
Bush needs to keep up the heat And herein lies the problem...
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posted on
11/13/2005 9:04:34 AM PST
by
CommandoFrank
(Peer into the depths of hell and there you will find the face of Islam...)
To: new yorker 77
From what you are showing me, there is a new trend. Low voter turnout, back in the 80s, used to benefit conservatives. But now, it appears that low voter turnout benefits liberals. Is that about the gist of it?
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posted on
11/13/2005 9:04:42 AM PST
by
Arthur Wildfire! March
("We might have dodged a bomb but we lost a lot of brains." Bill Clinton [Veteran Sink Soldier])
To: Arthur Wildfire! March
No.
1998 was a wash.
2002, the GOP picked up seats.
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posted on
11/13/2005 9:07:36 AM PST
by
new yorker 77
(FAKE POLLS DO NOT TRANSLATE INTO REAL VOTERS!)
To: CommandoFrank
Something not emphasized is that a fair percentage of FReepers don't approve of GW. A standard job approval rating rarely distinquishes left-from-right regarding approval.
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posted on
11/13/2005 9:11:12 AM PST
by
Arthur Wildfire! March
("We might have dodged a bomb but we lost a lot of brains." Bill Clinton [Veteran Sink Soldier])
To: new yorker 77
Ah, so low voter turnout is now becoming a volitile loose cannon? And high turnout hurts the left, generally?
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posted on
11/13/2005 9:12:40 AM PST
by
Arthur Wildfire! March
("We might have dodged a bomb but we lost a lot of brains." Bill Clinton [Veteran Sink Soldier])
To: Arthur Wildfire! March
My emphasis to 'voter turnout' is in relation to 'likely voter' versus 'national adult' polling.
If 64% of 'national adults' are not 'likely voters' in midterm elections, then 64% of people polled by the MSM are non-voters.
Therefore, the fact that these MSM polls undersample GOP voters in most cases is only compounded by the fact that most people within the poll have zero value to predicting an election because they are non-voters.
Who cares what the opinion of the feckless non-voter is?
Moreover, this is why turning out your base is so important. Conservatives outnumber liberals. If it becomes a battle of the bases in an election cycle, we win.
51% of the vote was GOP in 2002.
51% of the vote was GOP in 2004.
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posted on
11/13/2005 9:18:25 AM PST
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new yorker 77
(FAKE POLLS DO NOT TRANSLATE INTO REAL VOTERS!)
To: new yorker 77
I think what shows is that when Bush is out, talking about his agenda, the war, and WHY we are there..his numbers go up. Whenever he is silent or "disengaged" the media fills the void with BS. What it means is that President Bush has to continue educating the people and reminding them what is truly happening..and I DON'T mean, cheerleading. The speech on Veteran's Day was the right mixture...and he must keep it up. Put the DEMS on the defense and ask THEM what their plan is. If their plan is to pull out, ask them what they expect will happen to Iraq. When I ask Bush-haters that question, they are stumped. They just resort to the old argument about WMD...showing that they have NO solutions!
Show the Dems for the backward thinking idiots they are.
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