Well .. if you use +12% more dems than reps you tend to get the numbers you want. CBS and AP have been having a contest of sorts as to who can use the most dems to get the lowest number.
Obviously, you have not been paying attention.
Oh yes he has and he belives the polls 100% because he wants them to be true.
But to "adjust" to make equal numbers of democrats and republicans would be cheating. If the president's approval is high, more people identify as Republican. If more people disapprove, more people identify as Democratic.
If your sample is large enough and random enough, it shouldn't matter at all what party people belong to.
Also, Adults vs. Registered Voters vs. Likely Voters is irrelevant to an opinion poll. Non-voters have opinions, too, and that's what they're measuring. It's not an electoral poll.
LOL I'm not in denial. I still support Bush, but you can't ignore public opinion.
Party identification comes into play with any poll, no matter who takes it. Gallup showed more people identified themselves as Republican before the 2004 election. Today, more people identify themselves as Democrats. The numbers vary according to peoples percetions. That's why any one poll is just a single snapshot. Taken all together, polls show the overall developement of political trends. Right now the JA trend for Bush, is going downwards. Free fall.