Rasmussen: 77% of self identified liberals approve of what Obama is doing

[wyldwolf]

http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2008/12/liberals-upset.html

[polichick]

1. So much for the media hype.

[snooper2]

2. The other full 23%

Spend 98.4% of their Internet usage in GDP :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Kahuna]

3. Actually it's 89% when combined with "somewhat favorable." nt

[grantcart]

4. actually its 93% for December

[Kahuna]

21. tee hee. Thanks GC. Obviously I looked at the wrong cell.

:pals:

[Hippo_Tron]

5. There's really nothing yet to approve of

This reminds me of the West Wing Episode where they flash back to Bartlet's early days in office and Leo remarks that the President's approval ratings are down from where they were during the transition period when there was nothing to approve of.

[polichick]

6. Actually, with all that's going on re the economy, wars, climate, etc...

...this transition has been a stepped-up effort ~ with several substantial press conferences.

Obama has shown himself to be calm, thoughtful and presidential on these issues, while choosing and announcing his cabinet.

There's been plenty to approve of ~ and more to come this week or next with the energy/environmental announcements.

[Hippo_Tron]

8. I think you can accurately poll on wheter or not you view Obama favorably

Because I agree that I have a favorable opinion of the things he has done during the transition period. But it's a stretch to translate that into "job approval" since he doesn't officially have the job yet.

[Renew Deal]

7. Where did you get 77% from?

That graph says 93% approve.

[FrenchieCat]

9. That's why I started my own thread. For the sake of accuracy

in poll reporting! :)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7970989

[cayuga]

10. OP has been watching too much FOX

OP took the' very favorable' 80% and subtracted the 'somewhat unfavorable" 3% to get 77%. This is how FOX operates.

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[wyldwolf]

17. would you have felt better had a put "strongly" in quotes like the link does?

sheesh. Paranoia runs rampant.

[wyldwolf]

16. nah, sport. USA Today reported the numbers.

[wyldwolf]

15. from the link

[Phx_Dem]

11. Uh oh.

Once again, those pesky facts get in the way of the media narrative.

[Renew Deal]

13. Which facts?

Be specific.

[Phx_Dem]

18. The facts that were just posted -- the poll.

Hello?

The media has been on a tear that the liberals are mad at Obama. Pay attention.

[Renew Deal]

19. Just checking

I wasn't sure which "facts" we were discussing because the thread title is wrong.

[Phx_Dem]

20. Okay.

My apologies for the snark. :fistbump:

[Bucky]

22. Where do you get 77%? Nothing on this table adds up to 77%

You could say that 7% are unfavorable, but there's not a single 77 on this chart.

How odd...

[progressoid]

24. average?

[bvar22]

23. Right Wing Conservatives approve too!!

Weeee! Hooray for vague polls and bitter partisans who use them.!:party:

"The new administration is off to a good start."
-- Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell.


"Superb ... the best of the Washington insiders ..."
-- David Brooks, conservative New York Times columnist


"Virtually perfect ... "
-- Senator Joe Lieberman, former Democrat and John McCain's top surrogate in the 2008 campaign.


"Reassuring."
-- Karl Rove, "Bush's brain."



"I am gobsmacked by these appointments, most of which could just as easily have come from a President McCain ... this all but puts an end to the 16-month timetable for withdrawal from Iraq, the unconditional summits with dictators, and other foolishness that once emanated from the Obama campaign ... Clinton and Steinberg at State should be powerful voices for 'neo-liberalism' which is not so different in many respects from 'neo-conservativism.'"
-- Max Boot, neoconservative activist, former McCain staffer.



"I see them as being sort of center-right of the Democratic party."
-- James Baker, former Secretary of State and the man who led the theft of the 2000 election.



"Surprising continuity on foreign policy between President Bush's second term and the incoming administration ... certainly nothing that represents a drastic change in how Washington does business. The expectation is that Obama is set to continue the course set by Bush ... "
-- Michael Goldfarb of the neoconservative Weekly Standard.


"I certainly applaud many of the appointments ... "
-- Senator John McCain


"So far, so good."
-- Senator Lamar Alexander, senior Republican Congressional leader.


Hillary Clinton will be "outstanding" as Secretary of State
-- Henry Kissinger, war criminal


Rahm Emanuel is "a wise choice" in the role of Chief of Staff
-- Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, John McCain's best friend.



Obama's team shows "Our foreign policy is non-partisan."
-- Ed Rollins, top Republican strategist and Mike Huckabee's 2008 campaign manager



"The country will be in good hands."
-- Condoleezza Rice, George W. Bush's Secretary of State


http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/109160/neocons%2C_republicans_and_war_criminals_rave_about_obama%27s_%27team_of_rivals%27/

I am firmly On the Left and I "Strongly Approve" of Obama, especially considering the alternative. I would answer this poll accordingly. I also have major objections to the majority of his Cabinet Level appointments.


"Centrism"....because its so EASY.
No thinking required.
Just stand in the Middle of the Herd.
:)

[mgc1961]

25. 77.5% is the four week average of "very favorable."

Maybe that's the origin of 77%.

[FrenchieCat]

26. Usually one takes the latest poll numbers......not round out an entire month....

especially when so much has happened within that month in reference to the transition.

I think poster looked at the wrong column myself. :shrug:

[wyldwolf]

27. No I didn't

[FrenchieCat]

31. So what's the secret to your math?

[wyldwolf]

32. what's the secret to your lack of reading comprehension?

I've said often enough in this thread I posted what the link said. :shrug:

If you want to be nit picky (which you obviously do) I could have put "strongly" like the article does. :shrug:

[FrenchieCat]

34. I'm just going by the chart you bothered to post. Was I supposed to ignore it?

and go read the article instead? Cause I'm thinking that the link was just signifying the source of the table you posted. Did I assume less than I should have? :shrug:

[mwei924]

35. And I'm pretty sure it's not good statistics to average across a whole month...

..with separate sampling for each block.

[wyldwolf]

36. the chart was from the article. had you "bothered" to read the link, you'd have seen it.

[FrenchieCat]

40. If what was important was to read the article, than you would have been better off

copying and pasting those parts you thought were important into the op. As I am not a mind reader, I could not tell that I would "have" to go to the link in order to know where you got your numbers from, considering that I was looking at numbers in the OP. For me, the link only signified the source of the table...not necessarily the key to your headline.

[wyldwolf]

41. the point of posting links is for people to read them - so you don't HAVE to be a mindreader. lol

[FrenchieCat]

42. Your loss then....cause I think the majority of those responding to this thread

are saying :wtf:.....

did you notice? :shrug:

[wyldwolf]

43. no, their loss.

I don't give a rat's ass.

[Jennicut]

28. I am self identifying myself as a liberal and dammit I approve of Obama

[wyldwolf]

29. awesome

[mwei924]

30. The question doesn't ask about "approval" in that chart though.

It's favorable vs. unfavorable. So does "somewhat favorable" mean approval or not?

And there's no 77% on that chart.

[wyldwolf]

37. what does the "Obama approval" on the left of the chart mean?

And the 77% figure is at the link

[mwei924]

39. That's the title, but it's not in any given categories.

So if they asked the sample if they have a favorable or unfavorable view of Obama, that's not the same thing as approval. Not to mention, there are various degrees of favorability that may or may not correspond to approve/disapprove. Bad statistics.

[Occam Bandage]

33. 93% in this month. nt

[rucky]

38. Notice how few of us liberals are unsure of our opinion.

:D