I guess my question about all these polls which include much larger samples of Democrats is whether they are calling representative samples of America as a whole.
If they are, then the fact that so many more Americans now identify themselves as "democrats" portends very ill for the 2006 elections. Bush is a lame duck and has been a big disappointment to this conservative regardless. So I care less about Bush's poll numbers than the fact that these polls keep showing that about 10% more of the respondents identify themselves as Democrats than Republicans.
The fact that so many polls keep showing this phenomenon is worrisome to me.
I got push polled last week. Automated.
When I didn't answer questions 1 and 2 the way they wanted the machine went silent and skipped #3.
Continued with 4 and 5.
There are a dozen ways to make a poll say what you want it to.
These are nothing but bias pieces.
"If they are, then the fact that so many more Americans now identify themselves as "democrats" portends very ill for the 2006 elections."
THESE LIBERAL LEANING POLLING ORGANIZATIONS CONSISTENTLY ESTIMATE THAT DEMS OUTNUMBER REPUBS BY 10-11%, WHICH IS CRAP. IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW A LEGITIMATE POLL CHECK OUT:
www.rasmussenreports.com
RASMUSSEN POLLS EVERY DAY, HE WAS THE MOST ACCURATE POLL IN 2004 AND HE HAS HAD BUSH AT 43/44% EVERY DAY FOR THE LAST WEEK OR MORE.
I think more people are self identifying as democrats and independents, at the expense of the GOP. The Freeper Poll Blindness Brigade always dismisses that concept, too.
I might have a little more confidence in a poll if I or anyone I knew were ever polled. So far it hasn't happened.