http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070915/ap_on_el_pr/presidential_race_ap_poll_14
2007-09-16 11:47:04 · 4 answers · asked by paradigm_thinker 4 in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
Key phrase: White men, conservatives, evangelicals and other pivotal blocs are divided among the Republican Party's leading contenders for president, leaving the race for the 2008 GOP nomination highly fluid, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll.
What does it imply? Was this article impartial?
2007-09-16 12:46:27 · update #1
What's wrong with it jumps off the page at you. But, you have to get to the bottom to find out about it. They say they interviewed 1,000 adults. 482 of them were Democrats. 358 were Republicans. That means 160 adults did not participate in the poll. The "analysis" is further tainted because of its reliance on anecdotal information from individuals (read the quotes). So, it implies something which isn't borne out by the data.
I know one successful candidate here in Nevada who won every race that the polls showed him as way behind. One month after Election Day he used those polls as a method of starting his fireplace. LOL!
2007-09-16 12:57:18 · answer #1 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bottom line: Neither candidate has enough support to suck in all their necessary constituents.
Even if they managed to win a "slice of the pie"--it still leaves them naked and vulnerable out in the open.
Look how bad things are going for them:
None of them have a "unifying" message--other than hatred and isolation of either their opposition or current events. (Divide and Conquer.)
They aren't always on message--nor do they have a clear one which can rally the country around with.
They all have deep problems with their base supporters and campaigns.
They are attacking each other as much as the Democrats.
And not one of them has been able to pull out--far enough ahead--to be considered a strong contender for the GOP nom. (I think Rudy's percentage points are somewhere in the upper 20s. You need 50% or more to secure the nomination.)
So all in all, the Republicans may have just screwed themselves by relying the same "stay the course" policy Bush currently has in play.
2007-09-16 18:58:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It says the Republican voters in the poll are divided about who they would like see as the Republican candidate for the Presidency. In other words, there's not a standout candidate who everybody wants to vote for. But the poll only surveyed 358 Republican voters.
That's hardly enough people to make any sort of prediction of what the millions of other voters will do.
2007-09-16 19:05:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anabanana 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think whats wrong with this article is only the reference to " white men." the other references are used daily in the news and press. Maybe they used that reference because all republicans for president are white, and the democrats have a black man running on their ticket. who knows. maybe O'Reilly (Fox News) should check this one out.
2007-09-16 23:10:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋