Poll: Obama at 3-Year High , Republicans at Bottom

[CrashTest]

Gallup had him at 58% approval on 18 Dec 2012. Today, 50%. How is that a 3 year high?

[Lurk]

Originally Posted by CrashTest

Gallup had him at 58% approval on 18 Dec 2012. Today, 50%. How is that a 3 year high?

He doesn't write the headlines, he just cuts-and-pastes them.

[SamSpade]

Originally Posted by CrashTest

Gallup had him at 58% approval on 18 Dec 2012. Today, 50%. How is that a 3 year high?

Because he's quoting Bloomberg, and they are only referring to their own poll. Not unusual, but - Bloomberg isn't the best known polling firm, and they have a somewhat biased history.

[rmorse]

Originally Posted by nhboy

"The poll of 1,003 U.S. adults....."

That's all I needed to read to know that the poll/study is crock of BS. I don't care if you're for or against Obama....if you're using a poll of 1,003 adults to push your argument, you're an idiot.

[SamSpade]

Originally Posted by rmorse

That's all I needed to read to know that the poll/study is crock of BS. I don't care if you're for or against Obama....if you're using a poll of 1,003 adults to push your argument, you're an idiot.

Not to defend him but - that's a perfectly good sample size, provided that it is balanced and well researched. Bear in mind that in statistical sampling, you absolutely positively don't randomly select. You select it based on what you hope to measure, and you create your sampling universe. Take your sample and weight your results accordingly.

Increasing the sample size at that point doesn't significantly improve the error rate. Hard as it may seem to believe, you actually increase the error with very large samples.

[BigBlue]

Originally Posted by SamSpade

Because he's quoting Bloomberg, and they are only referring to their own poll. Not unusual, but - Bloomberg isn't the best known polling firm, and they have a somewhat biased history.

Washington Post says the same thing.




President Obama’s popularity surges to three-year high

[BigBlue]

Originally Posted by SamSpade

Not according to Gallup, which has been doing approval ratings since the days of Truman. Bloomberg, a relative newcomer was, as you recall, the outlet that at one point predicted a 13 point lead for Obama. Historically, it has been the ONE polling firm most favorable to Obama, and that includes all of the others, from NBC to AP.

In average disapproval ratings, Obama ranks just behind - ready? Nixon. Braying about a 55% approval rating is meaningless.

BS


President Obama’s popularity surges to three-year high


...and this...

Why Has Obama's Popularity Surged to a 3-Year High?


Image: AP


A whopping 60% of Americans regard President Obama favorably, according to a new ABC-WaPo poll. That's the most popular the president's been in three years. His all-time high was 79%, around his first inauguration in 2009.

Interestingly, most of the increase in Obama's popularity came from non-partisans. Republicans like Obama less than they did in January 2012 - with a 1% drop in those who favor him. Perhaps unsurprisingly, 5% of Democrats like the POTUS more than they did last year. But that makes the average increase among partisans only 3%, meaning that more than 7% of non-partisans must have begun to favor the president since last year.

Conservatives point out that while Obama's personal popularity is up, his job approval numbers are lower than any other president's at their second inauguration - at only 52%.

[Gilligan (Premo)]

Originally Posted by BigBlue

60% of Americans regard President Obama favorably, according to a new ABC-WaPo poll. That's the most popular the president's been in three years. His all-time high was 79%, around his first inauguration in 2009.

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And you are so phenomenally stupid that you don't realize what you posted above is actually a damning statistic on a failed presidency.

For that..I'm almost starting to like you. Keep up the good work.

[CrashTest]

Originally Posted by Gilligan

And you are so phenomenally stupid that you don't realize what you posted above is actually a damning statistic on a failed presidency.

For that..I'm almost starting to like you. Keep up the good work.

Dumb-dumb doesn't understand the difference between favorabilty and job approval. At the end of Clinton's 2nd term, his favorability was 60% but his job approval was 46%.

[Gilligan (Premo)]

Originally Posted by CrashTest

Dumb-dumb doesn't understand the difference between favorabilty and job approval. At the end of Clinton's 2nd term, his favorability was 60% but his job approval was 46%.

Shhhh! Even with his/her 4th grade education he/she might understand what you just posted!