NO IT'S NOT CHEATING!!
Because .. we are more evenly numbered than we used to be. Years ago the dems always had the lead, but after the Reagan years, and the advent of talk radio and the internet, more and more people began to register as repubs. And .. since 2000 more repubs have registered to vote than dems - which menans the parties are close to being even. This means that taking polls which are more evenly matched gives a more accurate reading.
Of course, if your agenda is that the dems should be allowed to have more votes because .. just because .. then I can see why you don't agree with an accurate poll and prefer the skewed kind which CBS produces. Good luck with that .. but remember this .. There are already liberals who believe these new skewed polls and are expecting great things to happen in 2006 - AND THEY ARE FALSE POLLS AND WILL NOT DELIVER WHAT PEOPLE ARE EXPECTING.
Time for a dose of reality. The majority of Americans DO NOT hate President Bush - it's really about 5-6% of the democrat KOOK base - and that small base is trying to make the world believe that everybody HATES BUSH! It's a lie!!
And .. if the 33% is correct for Bush - then how do you account for the 61% who approve of the NSA surveillance ..?? Surely, if 33% really disapproved of Bush .. there is no way you could ge3t 61% agreeing with the NSA program. Get real people! The media is doing a number on the numbers and people better wake up and recognize a hatchet job when they see it.
You do realize that one can not hate Bush, and indeed even like him as a person, and yet worry about his competence don't you? You do realize that that is the point of view of a significant cohort of American voters at present don't you? If not, the I guess you are right, and the polls ersatz.
think of it this way:
One of the questions they want to answer in the poll is what is party do people affiliate with?
In this case, the answer was 34% Democrat, 28% Republican.
This number DOES fluctuate widely with the president's approval, so they want to measure that, too.
Forget registered voters, or historic voting patterns - this is about what party people identify with. There's no reason to adjust that number - the answer you get is the answer. More people identify as Democrats than Republicans TODAY. That's not surprising, giving the president's approval rating TODAY.
As to the NSA thing, 60% approved of the idea in general, but 55% also believed the President should have to get a warrant. But I don't think that issue is dragging the President down - it's the war and the ports deal.
Bump for moonbat bashing.........
You're just posting a lot of opinion and speculation "we are more evenly numbered than we used to be" without any statistics to back them up.