Saturday, July 25, 2009

What's This About Obama's Dropping Poll Numbers?


Image from source, News Junkie Post

Even if you steer clear of right-wing talk radio and FOX "News" you've probably heard from somewhere that President Obama's approval ratings have fallen to earth. Plunged, even. Now, it would not be surprising for any new President's approval numbers to fall, six months into his term. That's normal. Especially with all of the problems currently burying Obama's desk. But there has been something suspicious going on with the most recent, gleeful reporting from the right about some recent polls. Could there be something hinky going on with the polling? I ask because it always seems to be a Rasmussen poll that is quoted. I know that Rasmussen has invented a new metric that weighs "strongly approve" against "strongly disapprove" numbers, which wasn't used on previous Presidents. In any event, it is interesting that a group of people who poo-poohed virtually any poll in the last administration are suddenly finding them relevant.

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Poll Showing Drop In Obama’s Approval Rating Is Biased

The right-wing media wasted no time in spreading the results of a poll that shows President Barack Obama’s popularity dropping to 49 percent. Some may say that this is just the ammunition that the GOP was looking for to derail Obama’s agenda. . .

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