turns out americans disagree with obama on pretty much everything

[Kearn]

http://www.gallup.com/poll/160385/obama-rated-highest-foreign-affairs-lowest-deficit.aspx

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[Littledude]

It turns out that you can never generalize a population of over 3mil.

Especially on political views.

It's clear in the article that now all americans feel that way.

[Jerkface]

I'm American.

I never got my opinion taken.

I feel used.

[Shadowed999]

I like how people act like Obama does everything himself and the legislative branch doesn't intervene or stall things. I also like how people forget that he has to clean the stuff up that Bush and the presidents before him left.





Besides that, he could use some improvements.

[Kearn]

It turns out that you can never generalize a population of over 3mil.

Especially on political views.

It's clear in the article that now all americans feel that way.

no idea what you're trying to say

they took a random poll sample that's roughly consistent with previous results

Interviews are conducted with respondents on landline telephones and cellular phones, with interviews conducted in Spanish for respondents who are primarily Spanish-speaking. Each sample of national adults includes a minimum quota of 50% cell phone respondents and 50% landline respondents, with additional minimum quotas by region. Landline telephone numbers are chosen at random among listed telephone numbers. Cell phones numbers are selected using random digit dial methods. Landline respondents are chosen at random within each household on the basis of which member had the most recent birthday.

Samples are weighted to correct for unequal selection probability, nonresponse, and double coverage of landline and cell users in the two sampling frames. They are also weighted to match the national demographics of gender, age, race, Hispanic ethnicity, education, region, population density, and phone status (cellphone only/landline only/both, cellphone mostly, and having an unlisted landline number). Demographic weighting targets are based on the March 2012 Current Population Survey figures for the aged 18 and older U.S. population. Phone status targets are based on the July-December 2011 National Health Interview Survey. Population density targets are based on the 2010 census. All reported margins of sampling error include the computed design effects for weighting.

[Jerkface]

they took a random poll sample that's roughly consistent with previous results

There aren't too many people around where I live that actually hate Obama...

I wonder if the poll would change if they actually questioned people on the East Coast.

Wow, screw me.  They did the interviews over-the-phone.

There are only certain types of people that actually answer those.

[Kearn]

I wonder if the poll would change if they actually questioned people on the East Coast.

obviously, but

Results for this Gallup poll are based on telephone interviews conducted Feb. 7-10, 2013, with a random sample of 1,015 adults, aged 18 and older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.

[Shadowed999]

1,015?

Thats a bit low.

[Kearn]

1,015?

Thats a bit low.

no that's average

[Shadowed999]

no that's average

Still that's a bit low to, I don't know, generalize an entire country's political views.

[Fredulus]

ITT: butthurt republicans

you guys seriously tried to run romney? pfffthahahahah

[King Leo]

no that's average

Uhhh. No it isn't.
It's a "representative" (I'm not going to argue whether it is actually representative or not) sample of a population. But the point still stands: they should've asked more people. And not over telephone...


The funny thing is that the entire rest of the world actually wanted Obama to win the election.

[Kearn]

Still that's a bit low to, I don't know, generalize an entire country's political views.

Uhhh. No it isn't.
It's a "representative" (I'm not going to argue whether it is actually representative or not) sample of a population. But the point still stands: they should've asked more people. And not over telephone...

1000 is an average poll sample, what are you guys going on about

The funny thing is that the entire rest of the world actually wanted Obama to win the election.

like that means anything? it's our country

ITT: butthurt republicans

not sure where that came from try again later!!!

[Fredulus]

It's okay, I'd probably get butthurt if I lost that bad too.

[Shadowed999]

like that means anything? it's our country

Are you kidding me.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!



You sir, are very butthurt. You're only trying to find more reasons to hate somebody who isn't as bad you make him out to be.