Comments on: Few Obama voters knew potential negatives

By: Pathia

Pathia — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:49:55 +0000

This is a classic push poll. Zogby’s done for, I can’t believe he did this.

By: Eddy

Eddy — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:45:19 +0000

LOL. And if he had quizzed McCain supporters how would they fare on questions like: Where was John McCain born? How many times did he run for president? From what company does John McCain’s wife’s wealth come from? How long has he served as a U.S. Senator?
But if you asked them Obama’s middle name, they’d know it. His birth father’s ancestry…they’d likely know it. The marital status of his birth parents…again they’d know it.
That’s the way politics–and people–work. On BOTH sides!!!

By: minty

minty — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:29:12 +0000

As Nate Silver notes in the post below – if the story is true, this should mark the end of Zogby as a serious pollster. His reputation was already in question given his wildly inaccurate polling results during the election (which were excitedly repeated by Matt Drudge).
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/11/zogby-engages-in-apparent-push-polling.html

…As should be obvious, the veracity of several of these claims is — at best — debatable, yet they are apparently represented as factual to the respondent. It is not clear whether the respondent is informed of the “correct” response after having had the question posed to him.

…The exception is a “twist” question about Palin in which the respondent is asked “which candidate said that they can see Russia from their house?”. Ziegler claims in the video that none of the four answers is correct because the statement was made by Tina Fay rather than Sarah Palin.

As a commenter notes: “THEY ONLY HAD FOUR CHOICES, TINA FEY WASN’T ONE OF THEM!!!”
Lol, indeed.

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:23:33 +0000

LOL!!! And anyone who thinks they are not being manipulated by the media is a fool. Just think of the things you DON”T KNOW.
You know, if we are inundated enough with Milk, It’s good For you campaigns, just think about how passive we are being led by any number of people with agendas that we cannot even see?
This is not a left or right issue, christian or gay (non-christian) issue but one that is surrounding us on all sides from varying perspectives.