Thursday, July 05, 2007
Opinion Polling - What gives?
When it comes to opinion polling, I'm lost.
In the U.K. and the U.S. things seem pretty good; but, everyone seems dissatisfied. I guess we'd have to look at the verbage of the questions being asked and see if they somehow influence the answers...
In the U.K. and the U.S. things seem pretty good; but, everyone seems dissatisfied. I guess we'd have to look at the verbage of the questions being asked and see if they somehow influence the answers...
Here's an excerpt from a Chuck Colson article about Tony Blair:
"Blair leaves 10 Downing Street with the dubious distinction of having been the 'most unpopular Labour Prime Minister of modern times.' Last November, his approval rating sank to 26 percent.
In other words, Blair is less popular than the Labour leaders who presided over Britain’s economic collapse of the 1970s: when inflation ran as high as 24 percent a year and the British economy was paralyzed by frequent strikes.
In contrast, Blair’s tenure saw the 'longest uninterrupted period of [economic] growth in 200 years,' not to mention the end of the 'troubles' in Northern Ireland."
