tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post351903890420602765..comments2024-03-28T10:49:14.510-05:00Comments on Horizons: Guardian poll reporter: Its working!Nancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-28124991396541153722013-06-13T18:33:04.725-05:002013-06-13T18:33:04.725-05:00Voter amnesia. Silly season. Unless the GOP have...Voter amnesia. Silly season. Unless the GOP have a bunch of scandals cued up for the whole summer and can find a way to keep from bungling every one of them, I'm not worried. Their timing sucks. If this were happening in October, then I'd be concerned.Tien Lenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-81113674951181657012013-06-13T14:18:00.794-05:002013-06-13T14:18:00.794-05:00It looks like pretty lazy analysis on Eten's p...It looks like pretty lazy analysis on Eten's part to me. What does asking voters if they have "trust in government" even mean? It sounds a lot like asking if you approve of the job the government/President is doing. Hence why low trust in government is good at predicting election results, approval/disapproval is good at predicting election results! <br /><br />A fun experiment to do would be to do a poll asking how voters feel about a non-existent scandal you tie to the Obama administration (just call it something like the FDA scandal or the FCC scandal). I bet people who don't approve of the president would say that this shows he's "less honest and trustworthy" and folks who do approve would say it doesn't. Some political scientists have done similar things asking about the approval of non-existing laws and when they tie them to a President, boom people pick their partisan sides. longwalkdownlyndalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13173899547449318257noreply@blogger.com