Forty-two percent of those polled don't believe Bush is doing a good job. Sixty percent have a positive opinion of Bush, versus 39 percent with the opposite view.
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The survey results were based on telephone interviews with 1,015 adults Friday through Sunday.
Okay, so wait, let me get this straight from those first two sentences. 42% oppose, but 60% support, but 39% oppose? Okay, so that's like.. one over two, carry the twelve.. 102% of public opinion, right? Or wait.. 143%.. err no..
Why in the sake of all that is good & just are they sampling 1,015 people and presenting the results on CNN - a world-wide watched source of information - as if it were meaningful data? What a crock!
Oh and uhh newsflash: 51% of voters just reelected him, so it's not much of a surprise when he gets a "majority" approval rating.
Surely there must be SOMEthing worth reporting out there, CNN?
Sean Kelly said this in post #1 : .. this actually makes me laugh:
Why in the sake of all that is good & just are they sampling 1,015 people and presenting the results on CNN - a world-wide watched source of information - as if it were meaningful data? What a crock!
Sean...isnt this like any other CNN, MSNBC, FOX, etc. poll? Pretty much useless!
And people wonder why I dont believe in polls such as this...
Of course thats just my opinion....I could be wrong. (Dennis Miller)
"You might be the toughest little whacker. . .but in my world, you're about as worrisome as a cloudy day." (Dutch Dooley)
I've actually seen a few pretty good CNN web-based polls with 100,000 or more votes registered. This took me by surprise because I thought all their polls were of that caliber.
Sean Kelly said this in post #3 : I've actually seen a few pretty good CNN web-based polls with 100,000 or more votes registered. This took me by surprise because I thought all their polls were of that caliber.
Maybe so...but even with 1015 not being able to represent the U.S. people, I dont think 100,000 can either...but thats just me.
I guess when looking at the amount of population 100,000 doesnt seem enough to speak for the rest IMO.
Of course thats just my opinion....I could be wrong. (Dennis Miller)
"You might be the toughest little whacker. . .but in my world, you're about as worrisome as a cloudy day." (Dutch Dooley)
No, you're right, it doesn't. The problem is that the sampling selection process, if it is limited to CNN.com web surfers, is instantly biased to be representative of that portion of the population who indeed views the website cnn.com and is inclined to respond to polls. That group of people already has some demographic statistic associated with it which effectively constrains the usefulness of the polling data. But it's still a MUCH better sampling than one of 1000 people.
11-23-2004 04:15 AM
