Category Archives: Polls

by | October 25, 2014 · 3:52 pm

We’re still here. And we vote.

About one in four Americans support the Tea Party. And because of our interest and motivation, we are a powerful force both within the Republican Party and as an identifiable American voter bloc.

2014_09 30 GALLUP issues and voter motivation poll

Looking at these numbers strongly suggests to me that, as a group, we Tea Partiers are by far the more informed on what actually makes the economy WORK.

E.g., the left-wing wants good jobs, but their high rankings for the non-existent gender pay gap and job-killing redistribution of wealth policies make it very clear they actually believe the Star Trek cashless economy could ever work outside a monastery.

Also notice how Tea Partiers put availability of good jobs down at #8. An uninformed conclusion from this would be that we don’t give a crap about people being out of work; however, the reality is that all of the issues ranked higher (high taxes, illegal workers competing for jobs, Obamacare punishing employers, and instability of foreign oil markets) directly impact the availability of good jobs.

Meanwhile, the non-Tea Party Republicans (who have given only slightly more thought/study to the issues) place availability of good jobs at #2, but delegate the issues that actually affect job creation way below.

I really wish more people read Thomas Sowell.

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by | October 21, 2014 · 12:12 pm

American “Age of Eeyore” Enters Second Decade

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From the Wall Street Journal article: “American’s Gloom Marches Into Second Decade” by Reid J. Epstein
“Why are people so gloomy? Well, it might just be everything,” says pollster Micah Roberts, sounding a bit like Eeyore himself. Mr. Roberts is vice president of Public Opinion Strategies, which along with Hart Research Associates conducted the poll. “We haven’t had a plurality saying ‘right track’ in over ten years so that’s pretty amazing. After 10 years it’s just part of the collective consciousness of Americans,” to think the nation’s gone off the rails, he added. Read more at WSJ.  Hat tip: finai at iOTW.
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by | October 20, 2014 · 3:23 pm

Disapproval of BHO at all time high

Obama Bumper Sticker Removal Kit [1:28]

October 13, 2014:  The Democrat’s candidate for Kentucky’s 2014 U.S. Senate seat, Alison Lundergan-Grimes, had no problem in the past saying that she voted for HRC in the 2008 primary.  Now, though, she has decided her presidential votes in 2008 and 2012 are too “sacred” to reveal.   Or something.

October 14, 2014: The Democrat’s candidate for Georgia’s 2014 U.S. Senate seat, Michelle Nunn, has likewise refused to answer whether she voted for Obama in 2008 and/or 2012.

October 17, 2014: The Democrat’s candidate for West Virginia’s 2014 U.S. Senate seat, Natalie Tennant, would not mention President Obama by name when asked, answering that she had voted “for the Democratic party” before changing the subject.

October 19, 2014:  Shortly after Obama began speaking at a campaign rally, a “noticeable and noisy” number of people in the audience got up and walked out.

2014_10 20 Obama poll and Iowahawk snark

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by | September 17, 2014 · 7:19 pm

Bias is just as much what isn’t reported as what is

2014_09 04 GALLUP BHO approval poll

Obama job approval is almost identical to what Bush’s was at this point in his presidency in September 2006. In 2006, this was news. Now? Not so much.

2014_09 GALLUP Prez approvals Bush v Obama

This bias extends to the media’s own polls.

2014_09 BHO WSJ-NBC approval numbers tanking

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by | September 16, 2014 · 2:25 pm

RCP Generic Congressional Polls graph

2014_09 15 RCP generic Congressional Vote polls

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Source:
http://www.ijreview.com/2014/09/177995-last-days-gop-taken-huge-leap-polls-may-creating-perfect-storm/

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by | September 11, 2014 · 12:21 pm

Public esteem for Hillary Clinton has disappeared

HRC's ratings slide

Source:
http://hotair.com/archives/2014/09/10/hillary-isnt-popular-anymore-and-the-campaign-hasnt-even-begun/

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by | September 4, 2014 · 2:13 am

Majority support right to choose NOT to belong to a union

2014_08 GALLUP high approval for right-to-work laws

I think the “vote against” number — 22% — is another one of those poll questions that demonstrates how many Americans are true Obamacrat Progressives. They call themselves “mainstream” but they are very much NOT representing the majority of Americans in any way, shape or form.

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by | July 25, 2014 · 10:50 pm

The Case for Israel

This is a MUST VIEW video.

OBAMA funding terrorism

Recent polls:

  • 82% are satisfied with Netanyahu’s performance during crisis, 10% are not satisfied. [July 24, 2014 Channel 2 poll]
  • 36.5% approve Obama’s performance on foreign policy, 55.2% disapprove. [June 11 – July 22, 2014: RCP Average]

John Kerry: The ONLY SecState in 20 years to fail at cease fire efforts in Middle East
http://hotair.com/archives/2014/07/25/john-kerry-still-the-only-secretary-of-state-in-20-years-to-fail-at-cease-fire-efforts-in-mideast/

Palestinian children the media isn’t showing you
http://www.dcclothesline.com/2014/07/25/palestinian-children-media-isnt-showing/

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by | June 18, 2014 · 7:42 pm

NEROBAMA: Fiddling while the world burns

2014_06 Poll Obama handling foreign policy

Poll Question 16. Now not thinking about whether you agree or disagree with President Obama’s policies and programs, but thinking about the competence and effectiveness of his administration, how competent would you say the Obama administration is in its role of managing the federal government?

Obama (June 2014 aftermath of invasion of Iraq) vs. Bush (March 2006 aftermath of Hurricane Katrina)

  • Very competent: 11% vs. 14%
  • Somewhat competent: 39% vs. 39%
  • Not too competent: 19% vs. 22%

  • Not competent at all: 31% vs. 24%

Note: When looking at these numbers, factor in the scathingly unfair media coverage Bush suffered through in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina vs. the lapdog slobbering Obama has enjoyed since before his first day as a presidential candidate.

For example, the media repeatedly pushed the “Bush doesn’t care” meme by reprinting the photo of him looking at the devastation from high above in Air Force One.

They also screamed about how he went to his ranch for two days, which no “compassionate president” would do.  How much have you ever heard about the fact that while Iraq burned, Obama went fund-raising and golfing in Palm Springs? Or that he played cards with his peeps during the bin Laden raid? Or that NOBODY KNOWS where he was or what he was doing while the embassy in Benghazi was under armed assault?

After Katrina, the media harped on the fact that Bush didn’t make his first ground visit until two days after the hurricane hit, as if this was a sign that he didn’t care, rather than what it really was – a sign that (a) POTUS doesn’t go places until the Secret Service ensures it is safe and (b) a visit by POTUS is disruptive to humanitarian and rescue operations. Overall, Bush made more than half a dozen on-the-ground visits … while the media continued to reprint the AF1 photo.

After Katrina, the media also harped on the pathetic response by national government, which was always “BOOSH’s fault!”, ignoring the fact that (a) disaster relief is a state function and that (b) the then-Democrat government in Louisiana and New Orleans were the truly incompetent and obstructive factors in delaying relief.

Now … given all that … isn’t it EXTRAORDINARY that Obama’s “competence” numbers are now WORSE?!

Source:
Full text of June 2014 poll of 1000 adults (MOE 3.1%) by HART RESEARCH ASSOCIATES/PUBLIC OPINION STRATEGIES for NBC News/Wall Street Journal @ http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/A_Politics/14463%20JUNE%20NBC-WSJ%20Poll%20%286-18%20Release%29.pdf

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by | June 7, 2014 · 7:54 pm

Obama: Less competent than Clinton and Bush

2014_06 03 Fox poll - Prez competence comparison

Source:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/interactive/2014/06/04/fox-news-polls-bergdahl-release-obama-leadership-and-veterans-health-care/

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