tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post7436494541915141310..comments2024-03-26T14:01:36.240-05:00Comments on Public Policy Polling: Is Obama in a worse position than election day?Tom Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06545052616714485196noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-28941988428779627162009-08-10T15:33:06.353-05:002009-08-10T15:33:06.353-05:00Isn't there a well-documented phenomenon of fo...Isn't there a well-documented phenomenon of folks lying to pollsters about how they cast their vote if they voted for an unpopular candidate, or even for a candidate who lost? Didn't polls in 2002, when GWB was popular, find far more than 50% of respondents claiming to have voted in 2000 for Bush? I hope you're right about Obama remaining popular among people who voted for him, but I wonder whether you're simply finding that people who voted for Obama but wish they hadn't done so, or no longer approve of him, now say (even to a computer) that they didn't vote, or that they voted for McCain.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16317845026300261880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-51770826131123314392009-08-06T09:14:07.297-05:002009-08-06T09:14:07.297-05:00Tom,
It is simple on Obama. If the economy is goin...Tom,<br />It is simple on Obama. If the economy is going good in 2012 he wins. Obama is not improving peoples lives right now. We continue to lose 500,000 jobs a month. Jobs and the economy will decide his fate in 2012. <br />2010 figures to be a GOP bounceback year. It is just a matter how big a year it is for the GOP. One party doesn't dominate forever. Something bad will happen while Democrats rule.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-40064467738515300902009-08-05T15:11:52.818-05:002009-08-05T15:11:52.818-05:00Doesn't this show that your samples are off?Doesn't this show that your samples are off?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-92061763004595006762009-08-05T13:39:50.085-05:002009-08-05T13:39:50.085-05:00Could it be that while Obama has been largely focu...Could it be that while Obama has been largely focused on pushing through his farily hefty agenda, versus campaigning and position himself for 2010 and 2012, while Republicans have largely ignored policy and focused exclusively on politicking and position towards 2010, that that is the reason Republicans have become far more energized? <br /><br />I suspect that when Obama is ready to turn himself back into political mode again that Republicans who've largely spent their time trying to upend any and everything attached to Obama, will begin feeling serious heat once more. Obama doesn't wing anything, and it feels like he's just biding his time to strike back when it counts the most. Republicans are jumping the gun here.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818231775045206313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-33421176955634594562009-08-05T12:16:35.051-05:002009-08-05T12:16:35.051-05:00Tom,
The point I've been trying to make is th...Tom,<br /><br />The point I've been trying to make is that more people who voted for Obama are now unwilling to admit they voted for him. The same thing occurred with Bush and Kerry in polling this year.<br /><br />That could be the reason for why the self-reported number is different from the November numbers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com