Posted by
davecatbone on Wednesday, December 03, 2008 2:14:40 PM
As I have previously stated: pawns, dupes, rubes, intellectual sloths, these are the people who got Obama elected. And John Zogby's poll, comissioned by John Ziegler which provided glaring evidence of this truth, and even Zogby himself, was
attacked viciously by the Left. Guess he struck a nerve. But facts are facts. So Ziegler comissioned another poll, asking similar questions to McCain supporters.
And now Ziegler comes forward to say:
What was most remarkable about the left’s extreme reaction to the
original Zogby poll was that it was utterly devoid of even the pretense
of addressing the real issues that the nationwide telephone survey
exposed. Instead of debating the implications of the results (in my
view they clearly revealed a massive amount of media-induced ignorance
on the part of the voting public), they chose to focus on the questioners
rather than the actual answers from Obama voters — clearly, the
responses they gave made them feel remarkably insecure. They also
completely missed the original intent in asking these questions. It was
not to make voters look stupid but rather to measure the impact of
media bias on what they knew, or thought they knew.
The conclusions that can be drawn from this new poll are multiple and
really rather staggering. In general, McCain voters were significantly
more well-informed than their counterparts, and there is overwhelming
evidence that the gaps in knowledge are directly related to the media
sources they were exposed to.
SHOCKING! Absolutely shocking I say! The ramifications of this are stupiferous.
35 % of McCain voters got 10 or more of 13 multiple choice questions correct.
18% of Obama voters got 10 or more of 13 questions correct.
McCain voters knew which party controls congress by a 63-27 margin.
Obama voters got the “congressional control” question wrong by 43-41.
Those that got “congressional control” correct voted 56-43 for McCain.
Those that got “congressional control” wrong voted 65-35 for Obama.
Those “exposed” to FOX News got “congressional control” correct 64-25 (+39)
Those ‘exposed” to CNN got “Congressional control” correct 48-38 (+10)
Those “exposed” to network news got “Congressional control” correct 48-39 (+9)
Those “exposed” to print media got “Congressional control” correct 52-37 (+15)
Those “exposed” to MSNBC got “Congressional control” correct 55-35 (+20)
Those “exposed” to talk radio got “Congressional control” correct 61-29 (+32)
Voters in the South had the best response rate on “Congressional control” (+22)
Voters in the Northeast had the worst response rate on “Congressional control” (+9)
Those “exposed” to FOX News voted 70-29 for McCain.
Those “exposed” to CNN voted 63-37 for Obama.
Those “exposed” to MSNBC voted 73-26 for Obama.
Those “exposed” to network newscasts voted 62-37 for Obama.
Those “exposed” to national newspapers voted 64-36 for Obama
Those “exposed” to talk radio voted 61-38 for McCain.
Those that could associate Bill Ayers’ name/story with Obama voted 52-48 for McCain.
Those that knew Obama had made negative comments about “coal power plants” voted 76-24 for McCain.
Those that knew Obama had his opponents knocked off the ballot in his first campaign voted 66-34 for McCain.
McCain voters did poorly (only 42% correct) on the Keating question
and, in general, the voters did universally worse on questions where
the negative information was about their candidate.
Women under 55 did worse than they might have by guessing on four
of the thirteen questions yet 95% of them knew that Palin was the
candidate with a pregnant teenage daughter. — Even 95% of those in this
demographic group who didn’t know “Congressional control” got this
question correct.
Those “exposed” to MSNBC scored 90% correct on the three Palin
questions (including an incredible 98% on the pregnant teenage daughter
question), while those not exposed to MSNBC averaged 84% correct on
those three questions.
Once again, we get compelling evidence that
the privilege to vote shouldn't be extended to everyone who breathes.