More than half of Mississippi GOP voters say Obama is a Muslim, new poll suggests

Yurt said:
More than half of Mississippi GOP voters say Obama is a Muslim, new poll suggests

More than half of likely Republican voters in Mississippi say they think President Barack Obama is a Muslim, according to a survey conducted by Public Policy Polling, a Democratic polling firm.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/poll-more-half-mississippi-voters-obama-muslim-192027518.html

is this a valid and accurate poll?
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rep motto...ignorance is bliss - yeah, the poll is correct
 
not surprising for MS. this is the same state that has cops, politicians, and judges believing that a handgun is a concealed weapon because they can't see the half against your hip.
 
There is a reason politicians and partisan pundits have always used & will continue to use propoganda: it works.

One of the most effective means of propoganda is repetition. For example, repeatedly referring to Obama in a year-long campaign as "Barrack Hussein Obama." Or repeatedly saying how he "pals around with terrorists," or something to that effect.

It works.
 
Yurt said:
why do you suspect rasmussen? same reason. but of course since this is a lib polster, you're fine with that. lol
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I don't claim that Rasmussen's polls are invalid, just that the likely voter model Rasmussen employs for general election match-ups, particularly this far out from an election, is biased in favor of traditionally Republican voters. Scott Rasmussen has admitted this.

I suppose you could argue that PPP general election likely voter poll results should be discounted similarly, but I don't really see how PPP could skew their likely Republican primary voter model so as to call into question the results of this poll. So maybe you should explain what specifically you think PPP did to get these results.
 
General Buck Turgidson said:
I don't claim that Rasmussen's polls are invalid, just that the likely voter model Rasmussen employs for general election match-ups, particularly this far out from an election, is biased in favor of traditionally Republican voters. Scott Rasmussen has admitted this.

I suppose you could argue that PPP general election likely voter poll results should be discounted similarly, but I don't really see how PPP could skew their likely Republican primary voter model so as to call into question the results of this poll. So maybe you should explain what specifically you think PPP did to get these results.
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you said "suspect" not invalid. hence i answered your question. any partisan polsters should be suspect. i find it hilarious the lengths you go to in order to defend a liberal polling company, whereas you go to great lengths to smear a conservative polling company.
 
I would say Obama is a muslim in his emotions. He's a lot of things, but they're all going to be revealed in this campaign. You can already hear the left squealing like a little piggie being cut off from the feeding trough.
 
Yurt said:
you said "suspect" not invalid. hence i answered your question. any partisan polsters should be suspect. i find it hilarious the lengths you go to in order to defend a liberal polling company, whereas you go to great lengths to smear a conservative polling company.
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Maybe you should re-read post #10 where you question why so many people "are quick to believe the validity of the poll." The obvious implication is that you think the poll is invalid. Moreover, I haven't smeared or defended any polling outfit. I haven't said anything about Rasmussen that Scott Rasmussen has not said himself and I concede that for similar reasons the results of any general election poll conducted by PPP should be looked at with a jaundiced eye. It all has to do with likely voter models. As I said (and Scott Rasmussen has said) Rasmussen employs a likely voter model that is more likely to include traditionally Republican voters than Democratic voters, particularly this far out from an election. PPP probably employs a likely voter model that skews Democratic.

But for a poll of likely Republican primary voters in Mississippi and Alabama, I have a hard time understanding what PPP could possibly have done w/r/t its likely voter model that would produce skewed results w/r/t whether Republican primary voters in Mississippi and Alabama think Obama is a Mooslim. Any guidance from you w/r/t your reasoning would be much appreciated. The argument that the results must be invalid (or "suspect" if you prefer that word) because PPP is a polling outfit with a Democratic president and CEO isn't a very good one, particularly in light of PPP's track record.
 
General Buck Turgidson said:
I'm curious why you are quick to believe that the poll is suspect. What's your basis for claiming so?
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that is what you asked and that is what i answered. do you not remember what you asked?

you slam rasmussen all the time. you did so just this morning. saying if rasmussen has romney tied or winning, then that means obama will win. you can't phathom PPP skewing their results, but have no problem seeing skewed results from rasmussent.

:rolleyes:
 
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