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—OK so we all know FOX news is biased; no need for persuasion, this simply highlights their laughable attempt to pass off propaganda as actual news…. Look at this Poll of registered voters written by FOX news and conducted on their behalf by Opinion Dynamics Corp. (900 participants hardly makes any survey legitimate, especially when the questions are so outlandishly biased)
AND I QUOTE:
Most people — 87 percent — say they have said a prayer for the troops, and another 77 percent have prayed for the war in Iraq to end. A much smaller 54 percent majority of Americans say they have prayed for the president.
Among groups, Democrats (80 percent) and Republicans (76 percent) are about equally likely to say they have prayed for the war to end, and women (80 percent) are only slightly more likely than men (73 percent) to have done so.
Republicans (74 percent) are twice as likely as Democrats (37 percent) to have included the president in their prayers, while just over half (52 percent) of independents have prayed for Bush.
Appealing to a higher authority on behalf of the president does not appear to be influenced by gender, as about as many men (51 percent) as women (56 percent) say they have prayed for Bush.
“It’s interesting to see the parallel between overall voter sentiment toward the president and the relatively reduced likelihood to pray for him,” says Ernest Paicopolos, principal of Opinion Dynamics. “It’s also striking to see a more than 30-point gap between prayer for the troops and prayer for the commander-in-chief of those same troops.”
In general, more Republicans (64 percent) than Democrats (53 percent) and independents (48 percent) say they pray every day. Southerners (66 percent) are 20 percentage points more likely than those living in the Northeast (46 percent) to pray daily.
Overall, a 56 percent majority of Americans says they pray every day, including 64 percent of women and 47 percent of men.
Another 17 percent say they pray several times a week and 7 percent several times a month. Few Americans — 7
—Those statistics are only a summation not revealing the actual questions, next is an example of the type of question asked: “Do you personally believe the world would be a better place if America loses the war in Iraq?”
another laughable headline on the page reads “Barack Obama stops waring his American flag lapel pin.”
Out of the 900 people interviewed, ~39% identified themselves as Democrats, of that 39%, 19% thought the world would be better off if the United States loses the war in Iraq.
What does that actually mean?
39 percent of 900 is 351.
19 percent of 351 is 66.69, or 70 people.
or 12% of polled democrats.
What about the Republican side.
Out of the 900 people interviewed, ~34% identified themselves as Republicans, of that 34%, 5% thought the world would be better off if the United States loses the war in Iraq.
34 percent of 900 is 306.
5 percent of 306 is 15.3, or 15 people.
And Independents?
Out of the 900 people interviewed, ~20% identified themselves as Independents, of that 20%, 7% thought the world would be better off if the United States loses the war in Iraq.
20 percent of 900 is 180
7 percent of 180 is 12.6 or ~13 people.
SO!
As a total of 900 people interviewed, 98 of them though the world would be better off with a US. Loss.
98 of 900 is 9.18 percent. So less than 10 percent of those polled agreed with this statement.
While it’s true that democrats make the overwhelming majority of the people that think the world is better if we lose, The Fox news statement is still biased, especially considering a larger percent of Democrats are unsure (20%).
I also find it disingenuous that the pdf of the poll is called “Iraq Prayer Web”.
However they are correct, that within this sample more Democrats than Republicans agree with the sentiment. But it’s still an overall minority of the population and in no way one in five democrats.
I thought we already won the war in Iraq!
“Mission Accomplished!”
WTF?