Posted on 12/04/2008 1:22:51 PM PST by radar101
It has been quite a strange couple of weeks since I decided to commission a Zogby poll of Obama voters. I chose to do this at great personal expense to determine whether interviews I did on Election Day (for a forthcoming documentary I am producing on the media coverage of the election) were indeed representative of the larger population.
In a nutshell, here’s what happened next: I suddenly become a favorite target of the Internet’s left-wing attack machine. Zogby was forced to defend the poll and two days later, his organization partially abandoned it. The video of Obama voters trying to answer the same questions that were asked by the Zogby poll has been viewed over 1.6 million times on YouTube. After Zogby balked, I managed to to commission a new poll that included both Obama and McCain voters as well as a couple of added twists.
President-elect Obama on Election Night (AP)
What was most remarkable about the left’s extreme reaction to the original Zogby poll was that it was utterly devoid of even the pretense of addressing the real issues that the nationwide telephone survey exposed. Instead of debating the implications of the results (in my view they clearly revealed a massive amount of media-induced ignorance on the part of the voting public), they chose to focus on the questioners rather than the actual answers from Obama voters — clearly, the responses they gave made them feel remarkably insecure. They also completely missed the original intent in asking these questions. It was not to make voters look stupid but rather to measure the impact of media bias on what they knew, or thought they knew.
Essentially, the left-wing blogosphere went all “Joe the Plumber” on me and John Zogby. I took the heat. He, apparently, could not.
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With the libs’ worldview, and definition of knowledge, this is a SEVERE BLOW to their entire fantasy world.
They consider knowledge to ONLY include what each individual can articulate, and discount any “wisdom of the ages” (common sense?) as worthless.
They consider themselves as worthy of making decisions for others due to their superior ability to articulate knowledge.
So, when a study shows them to be uninformed and unable to articulate knowledge about a general topic (the election) which they consider themselves to be superior,
it is a severe blow.
ping for later
Yes, these were the ones "exposed" to Entertainment Tonight and Access Hollywood.
This analysis will be used by the RNC & DNC as a factor in the next election........................
The pollster can’t possibly be serious about his question.
Hasn’t he been aware of the blind allegiance to O and the absolute hatred to anyone who doesn’t get that tingle down their leg.
It’s disingenuous to ask the question.
Same here, I got all the questions right but the last one. Even after I read the answer, I felt that my answer was better than the other.
I’ve heard this guy speak-—he’s a moron. Embrace him at your own peril.
Also, because it exposes the extent of media complicity in Obama’s election. The MSM gave Obama literally billions of BILLIONS in “in kind” contributions.
Most of the DUmmies are busy leaving nasty comments at the link on Fox.....LOL. Maybe we can catch them there.
Americans do not like to be called "Dumb and Dumber"
Never again will the MSM be trusted.
Printed News has tanked already. Soon TV news and associated programs will tank as well.
TV programming will become a relic handed over to the sports channels.
About time, too!
This shows that Republicans need to spend a little time educating fellow Republicans, and it shows that leftnuts can’t be educated, but the right slogans might work on them. Keep it simple.
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I don’t think a poll has to be before an election (or anything else) in order to be a poll.
It’s just a count, usual in percentage of people’s opinions, preferences, activities, knowledge, etc.
Ziegler goes on to analyze the results of the poll, but it’s still a poll.
Friend of mine before the election: "What did you think of Cindy's $300,000 outfit?" [of course it wasn't, but that came later]
Me: "I don't like to discuss the clothes the candidates' wives are wearing." [snooty, but correct]
Friend: "But didn't you think it should have looked like something, for that much money?" [actually I thought it was gorgeous but refused to participate]
Women have such a long way to go. And most of them don't even know it.
Exactly.
That’s why I “missed” that one too.
Embrace WHO?
I have NO IDEA what you are talking about.
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