Lies, Lies, Lies, Yeah
I have written a few times about the perfidy of the MSM, and how commonly it turns the stuff of fantasy into what it claims as news. The best example now would be the AP-Ipsos poll which pretends President Bush has only a 33% Job Approval. Oh sure, their poll does say that President Bush is only pulling 33% approval, but when you look into the guts of the thing, it loses all credability.
As readers know, I have long ranked polls in terms of their methodology; I would much rather see bad news from a poll which I can believe, than happy news from a poll which is making stuff up. Fortunately, I have also long observed that those polls which are the most negative in their evaluation of Republicans, are also the least viable in terms of their methodology.
With that in mind, I note the following significant demographics from the latest AP-Ipsos poll:
• The poll made no inquiry as to whether the respondent was a regular voter or had voted in the most recent elections or primaries; 18% of respondents stated they were not registered to vote.
• As often happens in such polls, Democrats out-sampled Republicans, 34 to 28 percent. Note that this leaves 38 percent as “independent” or “other”, which would include Communists, Socialists, Greens and whatever else lies at the dregs of political activity. This balance cannot be reasonably claimed to represent the voting public as a whole.
• When “leaners” were added in, the registered voter pool tilted even more to the Left, with Democrats leading Republicans 50 percent to 41 percent. This is clearly at odds with the actual participation of the last several elections, and therefore casts doubt on the results.
• 31% of the respondent pool was in the youngest age group, which is far greater than the actual voter participation of the young.
• Atheists represented 19% of the pool, far in excess of actual representation in Society, and far greater than actually vote as a portion of the electorate.
• Only 24% of respondents reported income between $50,000 a year and $100,000 for their household. The middle class therefore was significantly under-counted.
It is also worth noting that the poll failed to ask questions regarding the perception of Congress, and the relative opinion of the two parties. Other polls have noted that despite his low reported numbers, President Bush is distinctly higher than Congress, and the opinion of Republicans, despite the worst efforts of outfits like the AP, remains above that of Democrats. That the AP-Ipsos poll refuses to ask those questions, yet suggests that President Bush bears responsibility for such things as high gasoline prices, demonstrates the basic dishonesty of the poll. So long as the media refuses to pursue issues on anything like an even-handed basis, you can expect such manufactured polls to continue.
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