[US Navy Vet]

Do you actually believe this “Poll”?

[snoringbear]

“Do you actually believe this “Poll”?”

The poll could be accurate within itself. But, in order to know whether it is representative of the general population is another question. My guess is that the sample is skewed so to achieve the desired result. An input; I am 68 years old and I have yet to be polled for one of these surveys. Go figure, lol!

[tanknetter]

Do you actually believe this “Poll”?

Yes I do.

But I also recall the great Sherlock Holmes comment from "Silver Blaze:" What really matters here is that the dog DIDN'T bark in the night.

The dog not barking in the night here is the number of people who blame BOTH parties.

The 62% is being arrived at by combining the number of people who blame Republicans with the number of people who blame both. That means that there's a corresponding number for Democrats as well. The last full polls I saw showed something like 48% blaming Republicans, 38% Democrats and 17% both. That means 65% blaming Republicans but 55% blaming Democrats.

That would be close to the 62% being cited here, while also telling the rest of the story: more than half of Americans also blame Democrats. Not a bad thing, assuming that one doesn't mind (or even wants) the undermining of the general credibility of the Government ...

[tanknetter]

Also note the wording of the story. It throws out the 62% as a number, which draws the eye, while saying that “more than half” blame Obama/Dems. Which essentially buries that part - people will focus on and remember the 62% while the “half” blends in with the other words.

It’s a subtle, but very effective manipulation tactic.