Protect & Defend
Does anybody really trust George W. Bush and his "team" to prevent another terrorist attack? Could anyone really have done a worse job of disaster relief? Is this really a man you want handling the national security of the United States of America? Having the "nook-yuh-lur" launch codes?
Everybody but the wingnuts has already figured out the answers to these questions.
Everybody but the wingnuts has already figured out the answers to these questions.
Couple of things about that poll…
1) 42% Republicans and 48 Democrats were polled. Results will be off because of this.
This poll was taken immediately after a HUGE FUBAR situation in Louisiana where people were already blaming the Federal government even before all of the facts were in. This is further illustrated when 69% of the respondents stated, “The federal government should have been better prepared to cope with the effects of a disaster of the magnitude caused by Hurricane Katrina”
2) 15% polled were unemployed. That is FAR below the current unemployment rate.
3) 50% of those polled were Protestant. Not only is this not a fair comparison, but it will almost always favor the results AGAINST a conservative President.
4) 40% had an annual household income above $50,000…and 24% were above $75,000. Again, this is not a good cross section of the population.
And, perhaps the most important problem that I have with this poll…I cannot find anywhere where it states HOW the poll was conducted. I am willing to bet that the poll was conducted over the phone…which are always done on a voluntary basis. Remember the exit polls form the 2004 election and what can happen! Kerry was suppose to win by a landslide and in the end it was so close it wasn’t even funny!
Bottom line, to claim a 3% margin of error on a poll like this, is simply wishful thinking.
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