cBS oversamples Democrats and still finds only 45% approve of Obama

cbsLet’s try and make some sense of the latest cBS polling. According to the poll 45% approve of Obama’s job performance, while 47% disapprove. Yet according to cBS, disapproval does not mean disappointment. — most Americans say that Mr. Obama’s performance in office is what they expected. According to this poll, Among those who 67 percent think his performance in office has been “as they expected”. Only 19 percent say it has been worse and 12 percent say it has been better. Now i’m wiling to bet if you went around and randomly asked people on the street if this is what they approved of Obama (either good or bad), i don’t think 67% of those you asked would say this is what they expected. Of course, with only 45% approving of Obama’s job approval, cBS had to oversample Democrats to reach this number. Hotair.com breaks down how cBS fudged the numbers:

Let’s review the sample. The poll uses both general population and registered voter screening. Among the general population,the CBS sample found a partisan split of 8.5 points favoring Democrats — which they promptly fixed by making the gap larger, to almost 10 p0ints. Among registered voters, they found a gap of 7.9 points, which they addressed by subtracting enough Democrats and independents to get it to a 6.7 point gap.

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September 16, 2010 · Filed Under CBS News, Political Polling


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