CNN Poll: 77 percent think country headed in right direction- but......

[Danmel]

75% of those polled were Republicans and only 25% dems....


http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/02/02/sotu.poll/index.html





The percentage of respondents who said the president's proposals in those areas will help the country rose 15 points from when the same question was asked of the same people in the two days before the speech.

In the post-speech sample, 70 percent of respondents said Bush's policies on health care were positive, while 66 percent approved of the president's plan for Social Security.

Bush showed almost as much improvement on Iraq, with 78 percent of respondents saying U.S. policy there is heading in the right direction, a 12 percentage point increase over pre-speech polling. Overall, 77 percent of respondents said Bush is taking the country in the right direction after the speech compared to 67 percent beforehand.

The strong positives for the president's policies may in part be a reflection of the poll's sample. Of the 485 people surveyed, 52 percent identified themselves as Republicans, 25 percent as Democrats and 22 percent as independents. The poll was done by telephone interviews and has a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percentage points.

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THe headlines make it seem like he just loved universally. You need to get a few paragraphs in to see the increible skewing of the poll. It is sickening.

[cthrumatrix]

1. time to do a MSM blast to show the "propaganda" team at work

[freethought]

2. This is actually based of a sample of

less than 600 participants. How accurate can that possibly represent the total American populace? There also might be an 'afterglow' effect from the speach this could wear off in pretty short order.

[zanana]

4. Post-SOTU speeches and the polls

These are traditionally favorable toward the president, whoever he may be. Style and delivery are more important than content on the night of the speech. Give it a few days.

[Pirate Smile]

3. So they are sampling people who watched and the people that watched

are mostly Republicans. Big shock.

Barbara Boxer was on CNN and said this same thing when they asked her about the poll.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

5. In '67 about the same number thought the Vietnam war was a good idea.

Majorities are frequently wrong.