CBS Poll on President Obama

mscelina · Mar 31, 2010

Not the results I expected. CBS is running this poll on its website so people can grade the President on issues ranging from Afghanistan to the economy to bipartisanship and on his job as a whole.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-6116297-503544.html?tag

You have to take the poll to see the results. If nothing else, this is an interesting look at a cross section of the American public's perception of the President's job so far.

AMCrenshaw · Mar 31, 2010

I'm a bit surprised too.

Noah Body · Mar 31, 2010

Wow, lots of hard graders out there!

William Haskins · Mar 31, 2010

mscelina said:
If nothing else, this is an interesting look at a cross section of the American public's perception of the President's job so far.

actually it's not.

massive online communities like democraticunderground (on the left) and free republic (on the right) get the jump on online polls and make an orchestrated effort "DU this poll!" or "freep this poll!"), and they skew the results, often irreparably.

online polls are useless in any scientific sense, but they're also pretty useless as even casual barometers.

MattW · Mar 31, 2010

I'm a critic of Obama, but even I didn't grade him that hard...

nighttimer · Mar 31, 2010

I didn't answer the poll questions. I figured I'd only throw off the curve. :e2brows:

backslashbaby · Mar 31, 2010

Oh that's just ridiculous. I don't even know why they have these things.

I also hate polls that don't let you have no opinion on a question. Not that it would matter with the silly games people play.

Did you see how few Bs and Cs there were?

mscelina · Mar 31, 2010

*shrug*

I just thought it was interesting--mostly because I heard about it on a sports message board and it incited quite an argument. Of course, it didn't have Orlando Bloom or eggplant as options for the poll so obviously it was going to be skewed.

William Haskins · Mar 31, 2010

they can be entertaining, i suppose.

just not accurate.

robeiae · Mar 31, 2010

William Haskins said:
online polls are useless in any scientific sense, but they're also pretty useless as even casual barometers.

Aside from those online polls that show the loony views of the right wing, you mean. But I guess that goes without saying.

leahzero · Mar 31, 2010

robeiae said:
Aside from those online polls that show the loony views of the right wing, you mean. But I guess that goes without saying.

You have some beef with this guy, eh?

He's entirely right, though. BOTH sides will bomb polls.

robeiae · Mar 31, 2010

leahzero said:
You have some beef with this guy, eh?

He's entirely right, though. BOTH sides will bomb polls.

No beef (no offense, Haskins). I agree with him and--in fact--find most polls, online or not, to be next to useless.

Shadow_Ferret · Mar 31, 2010

So basically, this poll is just a way for Anti-Obamanites to vent?

benbradley · Mar 31, 2010

William Haskins said:
actually it's not.

massive online communities like democraticunderground (on the left) and free republic (on the right) get the jump on online polls and make an orchestrated effort "DU this poll!" or "freep this poll!"), and they skew the results, often irreparably.

online polls are useless in any scientific sense, but they're also pretty useless as even casual barometers.

From that, I'd expect even lower percentages for B, C, and D than are there. And from the A vs. F, it looks like the DU peeps haven't shown up yet.

NOTE: This is not a scientific poll. The results above are for information purposes only, and should not be confused with the results of the scientific polls conducted by CBS News.

So what "information" do the results give? That so far it's mostly conservatives that have been voting?

William Haskins · Mar 31, 2010

robeiae said:
No beef (no offense, Haskins). I agree with him and--in fact--find most polls, online or not, to be next to useless.

nice tap dancing sport-o, but i'm glad that your incessant bullying of me over my rightwing views is being noticed around here.

William Haskins · Mar 31, 2010

benbradley said:
From that, I'd expect even lower percentages for B, C, and D than are there. And from the A vs. F, it looks like the DU peeps haven't shown up yet.

hence my "often irreparably" comment upthread.

each side picks its battles.

robeiae · Mar 31, 2010

William Haskins said:
nice tap dancing sport-o, but i'm glad that your incessant bullying of me over my rightwing views is being noticed around here.

Wing. Nut.

That's you.

William Haskins · Mar 31, 2010

that's just nitpicking.

but we can discuss this later when i visit you in the camp.

i suspect you'll have much to say.

robeiae · Mar 31, 2010

Crap. I forgot that I'm in charge of beef jerky this week-end. Gotta run...

Death Wizard · Mar 31, 2010

What I don't understand is how CBS managed to restricts voters on this poll to just AW members. Very strange.

mscelina · Mar 31, 2010

*rolls eyes*

It was just some more extremely important questions, Jim. *grin* And of course, we are ALL fond of CBS, right?

SPMiller · Mar 31, 2010

robeiae said:
No beef (no offense, Haskins). I agree with him and--in fact--find most polls, online or not, to be next to useless.

Except that offline polls, if done correctly (which admittedly is rare), are far from useless.

Online polls, on the other hand, always suck.

Prozyan · Mar 31, 2010

While I don't agree with everything President Obama does or says, giving him F's on Afghanistan, Iraq, and Energy is just trolling.

Honestly, giving him an F on anything except possibly the economy is trolling.

mscelina · Mar 31, 2010

Why is it trolling? Are the people who responded to this poll not allowed to express their true opinion? And how are they trolling on an anonymous poll that doesn't have a chat or messageboard accompanying it?

SPMiller · Mar 31, 2010

mscelina said:
Why is it trolling? Are the people who responded to this poll not allowed to express their true opinion? And how are they trolling on an anonymous poll that doesn't have a chat or messageboard accompanying it?

http://www.redstate.com/wolfster38/2010/03/27/please-take-cbs-obama-poll/

That's how. And it's just one of many examples.

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