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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (73581)	10/14/2009 9:47:47 AM
From: JakeStraw	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224769

Kenneth why do you always evade answering a simple question and instead post your mindless partisan talking points? Why do you applaud and stand up for bad, wasteful government?!

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (73581)	10/14/2009 10:06:47 AM
From: lorne	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224769

ken...."Americans love their President. His approval in the widely respected Gallup tracking poll is 56% with disapproval only 36%."..... gees ken, have you forgotten ... maybe a tad biased from gallup? 1992: Gallup Goes "Daily" With CNN and USA Today In 1992, during a time of proliferation of national and local polling organizations, Gallup produced another major breakthrough by forming a polling partnership with CNN and USA Today. This partnership made it feasible to expose the public to polls that were not only accurate but that were also reported on a more frequent (daily) and more comprehensive basis than ever before. Gallup and its media partners helped carry out a new mission for polling, while maintaining the highest ethical standards for public opinion journalism in a democratic society. In the words of Dr. Gallup, "If politicians and special interests have polls to guide them in pursuing their interests, the voters should have polls as well." Message 26011114

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (73581)	10/14/2009 10:58:00 AM
From: tonto	6 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224769

To: DizzyG who wrote (621894) 9/10/2004 5:48:02 PM From: Kenneth E. Phillipps Read Replies (2) of 767653 *That is correct. The only reliable polls are Zogby and RASSMUSSEN.*

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (73581)	10/14/2009 11:37:58 AM
From: TideGlider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224769

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll Wednesday, October 14, 2009 Email to a Friend ShareThis.Advertisement The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 32% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-nine percent (39%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -7 (see trends). Republicans hold a two-point edge on the Generic Congressional Ballot. Forty-two percent (42%) say the President is doing a good or an excellent job on economic matters while 41% give him poor marks. His grades remain a bit better on national security issues (Premium Members can see full demographic crosstabs and trends). Americans are a bit more upbeat about housing values. Sixty-one percent (61%) of homeowners now believe that their home is worth more than their mortgage. That’s a 2009 high water mark. Thirty percent (30%) of Americans favor making overweight government workers pay more for insurance. There is more support for charging smokers a higher rate. The Presidential Approval Index is calculated by subtracting the number who Strongly Disapprove from the number who Strongly Approve. It is updated daily at 9:30 a.m. Eastern (sign up for free daily e-mail update). Updates also available on Twitter and Facebook. Overall, 49% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President's performance. Fifty percent (50%) disapprove. Eighty-five percent (85%) of Democrats approve. Seventy-eight percent (78%) of Republicans disapprove as do 61% of voters not affiliated with either major party (see other recent demographic highlights). In Virginia’s race for Governor, Republican Robert McDonnell still leads. (More Below) Forty-four percent (44%) of voters nationwide favor the health care plan proposed by President Obama and Congressional Democrats. Fifty percent (50%) are opposed. Forty-five percent (45%) say it’s possible for the U.S. to win the war in Afghanistan but 29% disagree. A Rasmussen video report notes that a growing number of Democrats want to withdraw U.S. troops from that nation. Scott Rasmussen has recently had three analysis columns published in the Wall Street Journal. The most recent was on health care. Earlier columns were on the President's approval ratings and how Obama won the White House by campaigning like Ronald Reagan. If you'd like Scott Rasmussen to speak at your meeting, retreat, or conference, contact Premiere Speakers Bureau. You can also learn about Scott's favorite place on earth or his time working with hockey legend Gordie Howe. It is important to remember that the Rasmussen Reports job approval ratings are based upon a sample of likely voters. Some other firms base their approval ratings on samples of all adults. President Obama's numbers are always several points higher in a poll of adults rather than likely voters. That's because some of the President's most enthusiastic supporters, such as young adults, are less likely to turn out to vote. (More Below) About our Polling Rasmussen Reports has been a pioneer in the use of automated telephone polling techniques, but many other firms still utilize their own operator-assisted technology (see methodology). Pollster.com founder Mark Blumenthal noted that “independent analyses from the National Council on Public Polls, the American Association for Public Opinion Research, the Pew Research Center, the Wall Street Journal and FiveThirtyEight.com have all shown that the horse-race numbers produced by automated telephone surveys did at least as well as those from conventional live-interviewer surveys in predicting election outcomes.” Additionally, an analysis by Pollster.com partner Charles Franklin “found that despite identically sized three-day samples, the Rasmussen daily tracking poll is less variable than Gallup.” During Election 2008, the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll was the least volatile of all those tracking the race. That stability is one reason that Nate Silver of fivethirtyeight.com said that the Rasmussen tracking poll “would probably be the one I'd want with me on a desert island." A Fordham University professor rated the national pollsters on their record in Election 2008. We also have provided a summary of our results for your review. In 2008, Obama won 53%-46% and our final poll showed Obama winning 52% to 46%. While we were pleased with the final result, Rasmussen Reports was especially pleased with the stability of our results. On every single day for the last six weeks of the campaign, our daily tracking showed Obama with a stable and solid lead attracting more than 50% of the vote. In 2004 George W. Bush received 50.7% of the vote while John Kerry earned 48.3%. Rasmussen Reports was the only firm to project both candidates’ totals within half a percentage point by projecting that Bush would win 50.2% to 48.5%. (see our 2004 results). Daily tracking results are collected via telephone surveys of 500 likely voters per night and reported on a three-day rolling average basis. The margin of sampling error—for the full sample of 1,500 Likely Voters--is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Results are also compiled on a full-week basis and crosstabs for full-week results are available for Premium Members. Like all polling firms, Rasmussen Reports weights its data to reflect the population at large (see methodology). Among other targets, Rasmussen Reports weights data by political party affiliation using a dynamic weighting process. While partisan affiliation is generally quite stable over time, there are a fair number of people who waver between allegiance to a particular party or independent status. Over the past five years, the number of Democrats in the country has increased while the number of Republicans has decreased. Our baseline targets are established based upon separate survey interviews with a sample of adults nationwide completed during the preceding three months (a total of 45,000 interviews) and targets are updated monthly. Currently, the baseline targets for the adult population are 37.2% Democrats, 32.7% Republicans, and 30.1% unaffiliated. Likely voter samples typically show a slightly smaller advantage for the Democrats. A review of last week’s key polls is posted each Saturday morning. Other stats on Obama are updated daily on the Rasmussen Reports Obama By the Numbers page. We also invite you to review other recent demographic highlights from the tracking polls.