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Nice to see stereotypes about the Deep South GOP being overturned. Or not. - beagledave - 03-12-2012
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_SouthernSwing_312.pdf
Do you think Barack Obama is a Christian or a
Muslim, or are you not sure?
Christian 14%
..........................................................
Muslim 45%
............................................................
Not sure 41%
Do you believe in evolution, or not?
Believe in evolution 26%
.........................................
Do not
60%
.............................................................
Not sure 13%
Do you think that interracial marriage should be
legal or illegal?
Legal
67%
...............................................................
21%
Illegal
..............................................................
Not sure 12%
Re: Nice to see stereotypes about the Deep South GOP being overturned. Or not. - Ombligo - 03-12-2012
You forgot...
Grits
78%
...............................................................
Corn Pone
12%
...............................................................
Corn Whiskey
38%
Southern Math is interesting.
Re: Nice to see stereotypes about the Deep South GOP being overturned. Or not. - cbelt3 - 03-12-2012
"PPP surveyed 656 likely Republican voters in Mississippi and 600 likely Republican
primary voters in Alabama on March 10th and 11th. The margin of error for the
Mississippi poll is +/-3.8% and for the Alabama poll it’s +/-4.0%."
And exactly WHAT selection criteria did they use to develop this sample ? Looks like they called up the members of a bunch of fundamentalist churches, based on the other answers.
I hate these kind of 'press release ' 'polls'... Not presenting how the sample was selected is intellectually dishonest at best. At worst it's straight on lying.
But y'all can go ahead and make judgements about an entire region of the country based on unseen criteria.
I'll poll the entire population of the Northeast by talking to a couple of crazy homeless guys under a bridge in Cleveland. That'll get ya some interesting press releases too !
Sheesh.
Re: Nice to see stereotypes about the Deep South GOP being overturned. Or not. - RgrF - 03-12-2012
cbelt3 wrote:
"PPP surveyed 656 likely Republican voters in Mississippi and 600 likely Republican
primary voters in Alabama on March 10th and 11th. The margin of error for the
Mississippi poll is +/-3.8% and for the Alabama poll it’s +/-4.0%."
And exactly WHAT selection criteria did they use to develop this sample ? Looks like they called up the members of a bunch of fundamentalist churches, based on the other answers.
I hate these kind of 'press release ' 'polls'... Not presenting how the sample was selected is intellectually dishonest at best. At worst it's straight on lying.
But y'all can go ahead and make judgements about an entire region of the country based on unseen criteria.
I'll poll the entire population of the Northeast by talking to a couple of crazy homeless guys under a bridge in Cleveland. That'll get ya some interesting press releases too !
Sheesh.
IF YOU HAVE BASIC METHODOLOGICAL QUESTIONS, PLEASE E-MAIL information@publicpolicypolling.com, OR CONSULT THE FINAL PARAGRAPH OF THE PRESS RELEASE wrote:
Re: Nice to see stereotypes about the Deep South GOP being overturned. Or not. - OWC Jamie - 03-12-2012
Must be Time to feed and reinforce prejudices.
Any polls on Mexicans sucking down Coronas ?
How about watermelon and chicken. That's always a good one.
Re: Nice to see stereotypes about the Deep South GOP being overturned. Or not. - beagledave - 03-12-2012
billb wrote:
Must be Time to feed and reinforce prejudices.
Any polls on Mexicans sucking down Coronas ?
How about watermelon and chicken. That's always a good one.
Obviously there is a gap for you to fill.
We'll expect your results shortly.
Re: Nice to see stereotypes about the Deep South GOP being overturned. Or not. - cbelt3 - 03-12-2012
RgrF.. you missed that I posted the final paragraph of the press release. Which is devoid of useful information when it comes to their selection criteria. Hence my rant.
And no, I'm not gonna email them.
Re: Nice to see stereotypes about the Deep South GOP being overturned. Or not. - Lux Interior - 03-12-2012
billb wrote:
How about watermelon and chicken. That's always a good one.
It sho iz.
Re: Nice to see stereotypes about the Deep South GOP being overturned. Or not. - RgrF - 03-12-2012
You don't have to email them, the PDF includes a 62 pg breakdown.
Re: Nice to see stereotypes about the Deep South GOP being overturned. Or not. - cbelt3 - 03-12-2012
RgrF... it's just a dump from their statistical program. There is NO discussion of how they developed their sample. Nothing.
I could also poll all xxx MRF members and conclude that "Personal Computer Users all over the world conclude that Windows Sucks". It would be a statistically accurate and intellectually dishonest result.
Lies. Damn Lies. And Statistics.
(Ed: I could also type coherently. Perhaps there's another poll result in there. :biggrin: iPad User's have poor word choices ! LolCat authors cannot spell ! etc...)