Apparenty, even 80% of the Netroots Nation straw poll respondents approve of Obama.

[BzaDem]

http://www.rollcall.com/news/Netroots-Nation-Straw-Poll-Obama-206608-1.html

"Despite their grousing about the administration during the Netroots Nation conference, liberal activists and bloggers are relatively happy with President Barack Obama's performance.

A straw poll conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research showed that 80 percent either approve or strongly approve of the president more than a year before voters head to the polls to decide whether he deserves a second term. The results broke down to 27 percent strongly approving of Obama and 53 percent approving “somewhat.” Thirteen percent said they “somewhat disapprove,” and 7 percent strongly disapprove of the president.

The poll of 519 people was conducted via iPad in the Minneapolis Convention Center on Thursday, Friday and Saturday."

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[sufrommich]

2. People who base their votes on what someone said to them on

an internet forum are morons.

[PassingFair]

3. The bigger morons are those who work against themselves.

I hope they're not actually PAYING any of you.

[sufrommich]

6. "I hope they're not actually PAYING any of you."

:eyes: Let me guess, you're one of those internet posters who thinks "people who disagree with my must be getting paid to do so!", the epitome of narcissism.

[PassingFair]

8. No, I'm one of those people who don't belive that anyone could be paying

you and your friends to drive away voters.

And YES, you need the "moron" votes, as much
as Rahm needed the fucking retards in 2010.

[sufrommich]

11. OK, full circle. If you base your vote on someone who makes you

mad on an internet forum, you're not too bright.

[Fumesucker]

16. All Democratic voters are above average intellectually..

It's the Lake Wobegon Effect..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Wobegon

[sufrommich]

17. And strong and good looking. nt

[Wilms]

4. I see it differently.

Maybe the Obama "boosters" will learn something from this.

And back off.


We KNOW there's no viable alternative to the republicans.

Your constant demands for conformity with right-wing policies will lose some Democratic votes, however, out of pure contempt.

[SDuderstadt]

9. Why is your post...

word-for-word what post # 1 said?

[Fumesucker]

10. There were a few words added...

It wasn't exactly word for word.

[SDuderstadt]

12. My mistake...

but I think it's a distinction without a difference.

[Fumesucker]

14. I think "right wing policies" has a relatively specific meaning..

[SDuderstadt]

15. Well...

good for you.

[Wilms]

13. Re-read it. Carefully.

I REALLY don't want Democrats holding back from participation in the election. I fear that's exactly what happened in 2010 with disastrous result.

Further, as we know, Republican and "Third Way" policies have driven the country to the edge. And likely pushed independents to the vote for the right in 2010 because they wanted "change".

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[PassingFair]

36. Better hurry!

They deleted it. Ha Ha.

Can't use the word "booster" now!

I'll have to use photographic code:

[MrTriumph]

5. Approving "somewhat" is not what I'd call support.

Ridiculous spin. Even I would have checked off "somewhat" approve and I think he is little more than Republican-lite.

[SidDithers]

7. Well. That won't be popular around here...nt

Sid

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[tekisui]

20. It was a very small sample size, 519, with 53% saying they "somewhat approve".

Not great news for Obama. But, it certainly could be worse.

In the end, voters like the kind at Netroots Nation have nowhere else to go.

[SDuderstadt]

21. 519 is not...

a "small sample size", dude.

[Fumesucker]

23. The sample size was close to 25% which is not bad at all..

But it was a self-selected 25% so the confidence level in the results might not be as high as you might otherwise think.

[tekisui]

25. 25% of those in attendance, representing many more voters of the

similar persuasion.

[SDuderstadt]

26. Who else were they supposed to...

poll, dude?

Do you know what the term "straw poll" even means?

[jaxx]

22. 80% approve vs 20% disapprove, very good odds.

Sounds like a winner to me.

[PassingFair]

35. Me too.

That's why certain people should LAY OFF on
those who rightfully criticize some of
his policies, lest they be soured on the
administration in toto.

[gratuitous]

24. Whatever "approve" means to the self-selected respondents

And of that whopping 80%, it's only 27% who "strongly" approve. The rest? Well, "somewhat" approve could be based on a single issue where the administration hasn't been a colossal disappointment (e.g., torture, secret prisons, continuing and expanding wars), or it could mean that the alternative - President McCain - is still such a scary notion that anything looks good by comparison.

I'm thinking these poll results are only slightly less useful than the electrons used to post them.

[SDuderstadt]

27. Of course...

anything that looks even remotely favorable to Obama can't be valid, right?

[gratuitous]

28. Well, well, well

Look who's putting words into someone else's mouth! I never said the poll wasn't "valid," but apparently you feel the need to use that word. Interesting.

[SDuderstadt]

29. "self-selected respondents"

Duh.

[Fumesucker]

30. Hey, a double standard is better than no standard at all..

:evilgrin:

:hi:

[SDuderstadt]

31. It's rather silly to claim that...

the phrase "self-selected respondents" doesn't question the validity of the poll results.

[gratuitous]

32. In fact, it's twice as good

Apparently.

[SDuderstadt]

33. Show me where...

I put words in your mouth.

Take your time.

[JNelson6563]

34. zero recs lolz