CNN Poll: Bush at 46%

[tgnyc]

How is this possible?

[ChowChowChow]

1. deduct 10 points then it is OK

[shraby]

2. Just part of the "damage control" n/t

[sabra]

3. link?

[dave29]

4. they only polled oil execs?

??

[Citizen Jane]

5. 46% of which people approve? Halliburton?

Really, if they included demographics with their pollis we'd know exactly how laughable they are....

"Some say that they approve of the president."

Who? Who says they approve?

[blossomstar]

6. remember the polls changed in 2004? Anything can happen with polls

when GW demands it! Screw polls

[alcibiades_mystery]

7. Gallup's an obvious out here

Every other poll is sitting between 38 and 40%, and even Rasmussen is at 44%. Gallup's poll seems wrong.

[jsamuel]

8. Gallup is Bush's PR firm: as expected

[Bozita]

9. I saw 46% and I thought of Diebold

[Bumblebee]

10. an inaccurate poll and even CNN is so embarrassed

that they gave an average of all polls...(42%) In short, just ignore it. Its inflation has always been as much as 10%.

[Bumblebee]

19. PS

and please remember that Gallup also said there was absolutely no outrage and no one is blaming Bush just last week when all other polls were saying the opposite. So choose whom you want to believe...

[bluestateguy]

11. He could be at 26% and people here would still be in a conniption

Gee whiz, take it easy. It's one poll, not a very favorable one to him at that, and it's a little higher than all the others, which range in th 38%-42% range.

Yet when a poll comes out showing the Baby Bush at 38% we have the usual hand-wringing posts about why that number is so high.

Try and understand that not everybody will see the world as we do, and some probably will never be able to. They need to be written off and ignored.

[Duer 157099]

15. Well that is true

Anything above 10% and my mind cannot get around it at all, so yes, you're correct.

[Atman]

12. 46% of republicans?

Pat Robertson watchers?

Lunatics?

I don't buy it for one minute. If Bush has 25% I'd be surprised. Go on, do your own informal polling. Stand outside the grocery and pretend you're a pollster...if you can get anywhere close to 46% to say they approve of Bush, you're living in an all-white, wealthy gated community. It ain't like that out here in Realityland.

[Beetwasher]

13. It's Their M.O. They ALWAYS Do This: Buck the Trend In Favor Of Chimpy

It's their job to put out propoganda to soften Chimpy's dismal numbers. That's what they get paid for. Look at their polling history of the last few years and you will see this same pattern repeated time and again.

[CatWoman]

14. POLLS SHOW SUPPORT FOR BUSH ADMINISTRATION CRUMBLING

from yesterday's Huffington Post:

Two new polls show President Bush's approval ratings at all-time lows. The AP-Ipsos poll gives the President a 39 percent job approval rating, while the Newsweek poll shows Bush's ratings even lower at 38 percent. Newsweek also finds for the first time since 9/11, a majority of Americans disapprove of how Bush is handling terrorism and homeland security.

The slow, disorganized federal response to hurricane Katrina has tarnished not only the President but also the nation's view of the Republican party. The AP-Ipsos poll finds that 65 percent think the country is on the wrong track. And according to Newsweek, only 38 percent of registered voters now say they would vote for a Republican if the Congressional elections were held today. 50 percent of registered voters say they would vote for a Democrat.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2005/09/11/polls-show-support-for-bu_n_7175.html

[underpants]

17. Are they comparing the same polls to each other?

NOt on your link but on MSM. It seems to me that W had some really bad numbers over the weekend (from polling last week) and now it went UP if you compare it to the "AWWW don't point and laugh at the retarded kid" polls taken over the weekend-making it look like it went up across polls themselves.

[CatWoman]

21. I just think that Gallup and CNN

are full of shit.

[David Zephyr]

16. Manipulation of the masses.

What a crock of shit this is.

Gallup and CNN: Both push polled the American people into the Iraqi War.

[melody]

29. just Gallup's way of saying "nice shot" to the Boy King

[papau]

18. 46% must be a mistake by whoever said 46%. The wires have no

such number and the 9/10 CNN report was of 39%.

[Bumblebee]

20. That was the AP-Ipsos poll they were citing.

[Halliburton]

22. that was 39%

[Bumblebee]

24. right -- the AP-Ipsos was 39%

[LostInAnomie]

23. Yesterday was 9/11

After spending a day of hearing "Proud to be an American" everywhere they went *'s base fell back in line.

[enough already]

25. You sure that isn't his IQ they are reporting? n/t

[iconoclastNYC]

26. There is no way!

I don't trust these polls. Least of all Gallup. What is the most reliable and scientifically valid poll?

Also, is there a diebold effect in these models? If the Republicans artificially inflated turnout for Repubs in 2004, couldn't this be factored into the polls?

[justiceischeap]

27. Well, I bet they dip again tomorrow after this LA, CA power outage. n/t

[stanwyck]

28. Wait a week.

his numbers will sink again.
Not even the drumbeat of rightwing radio and TV can keep this administration afloat.
They're losing strength every week. I expect to see the low 30's by spring.

[Rainscents]

30. Fuck the Gallup poll!!! They're shill for republicans!

[Walt Starr]

31. Statistical anomaly

Gallup is always skewed in favor of Bush.

Wait until the next poll comes out.