Fox claims a Gallup poll to be released Tomorrow shows 59% * approval

[papau]

Not on the wire

But Gallup is hiding "premium" content on its site.

Anyone got and info - or is Fox blowing smoke?

[Maple]

1. Haven't seen it

but it depends on when it was taken, and the question asked.

Why would Fox have a Gallup poll?

[w4rma]

2. Because supposedly Gallup has the best marks of any poll for *. (n/t)

[alcuno]

3. If it's Gallup, the last one they did was 6-27 - 6-29

That had * at 65%. I went back and looked at it again. It's a favorabilty poll of all adults not likely voters.

http://pollingreport.com

[lynndew2]

4. Gallup is considered the most trusted =(

n/t

[alcuno]

5. I don't agree. This poll does not poll likely voters

and it's really just a "do you like the guy" poll. Not a good indication of voting trends.

[indictrichardperle]

6. probably some slanted bullshit question

like "not counting the economy, do you think GeeDub is a pretty good guy?" or "considering the fact that GeeDub keeps this nation safe is he doing pretty good?" Polls are really a dishonest sheep herding trick, Polls said Dean was crazy for taking on the Iraq war and a "popular president".........look where that got him :eyes:.......Deans popularity is a real poll, especially among independent voters.

[Melinda]

8. You're right - it's not a likely voter poll.

"These results are based on telephone interviews with a randomly selected national sample of 1,009 adults, 18 years and older, conducted Aug. 25-26, 2003."

http://www.gallup.com/poll/releases/pr030828.asp

[Melinda]

7. Gallup Poll 8/28/03:

POLL ANALYSES
August 28, 2003

Americans Maintain Support for U.S. Presence in Iraq
Bush approval stable at 59%

PRINCETON, NJ -- Americans are increasingly likely to say things are not going well for the United States in Iraq, but the latest CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll finds no decline in the past month in public support for the U.S. presence there or in public approval of the way President Bush is handling the situation. Bush's overall job approval rating -- at 59% -- is also little changed across the four Gallup Polls conducted since mid-July

Lots more:

http://www.gallup.com/poll/releases/pr030828.asp

See below -- it's the fault of the Clinton penis again, but things seem to be coming to a head:

[jab105]

10. HAA!!

Now that was funny!!

[prolesunited]

14. Is it just me

or is there some weird phallic thing going on with the poll results? As a matter of fact, when you connect the dots, it shows Bush is a big ______

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

15. ROFLMAO!!!

But 49% say things are going badly up from 45%...go figure!

[papau]

17. Not "likely voters" - Approval is Q1 - then Iraq questions

Reverse the order and Bush may be under 50%.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

18. During The Run Up To The 00 Election

Gallup was the most off....


I once read a review of their polling techniques by the pollster for the Washinton Post. It's prolly still archived at the Washington Post site.

As an empericist these things interest me big time.

The Washington Post basically said that Gallup doesn't properly control for the fact that the Dems s-t-i-l-l have a slight edge over Reps in identification and registration.

[RummyTheDummy]

9. We are a nation of uninformed idiots....

A poll of 100 percent approval for the Murderer in Cheif wouldn't stun me in the slightest way.

[Lexingtonian]

11. Yes, Gallup usually biases to the Right

Correction relative to reality tends to hover around subtracting 5% conservative bias, though I've suspected for most of 2003 that that number has been drifting upwards to about 7%. (There is so much fluctuation and softness in soft Bush support that I can't nail down the change in bias to my own satisfaction.)

We have a person who posts here who used to used to work for Gallup and confirms a conservative bias to its present polling results. Gallup has lost in reputation what Zogby has gained. The Quinnipiac polling operation seems to be something of a partner to Gallup, with (in my experience) a quite consistent 5% conservative bias with occasional exceptions (0-2% bias).

You can have a look over at Pollkatz and see whether you agree- and what the other polling operations have in the way of numbers.

In short, corrected for by their standard amount of bias, Gallup reports much the same 52%-54% numbers as other pollsters.

[VolcanoJen]

16. Isn't Zogby considered a Republican pollster?

I've never understood the bias of pollsters, but I'm reasonably certain that Zogby is one that leans to the right.

Zogby's poll has WhistleAss at 52%. Historically speaking, I seem to recall Zogby as being the only poll that predicted Gore would win in the 2000 election, only a handful of days before.

Here's a link to the latest Zogby poll, conducted August 16-19, 2003:

http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=728

[VolcanoJen]

12. Is this the same poll Woodruff was giddy about on CNN today?

I saw 59% and immediately thought, "yeh, as if."

[jor_mama]

13. Fox ... blowing smoke?

nah.

[TrueBlueDem]

19. Gallup rates Chimpy highest, Zogby rates him lowest

http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm

I believe the average of all the polls listed is about 56%.

(edited for clarity.)

[Changenow]

20. Here are some visuals.

The trend is clear no matter what one poll says.


This one shows why there will be another war or terrorist attack in late spring '04.

http://www.pollkatz.homestead.com/

[spotbird]

21. Wow.

There isn't any doubt how the public feels between military actions.

[AWD]

22. This is GOOD news!

Look, we all know that Faux News has to shill for the right....but now, when they shill, and push the numbers up, they're still in the 50's.

Think about it...even in their lies, they STILL can't hit the 60s.

This boy's goin' DOWN if they can't even LIE him into the 60s.