The Washington Post features the results of their latest poll, and uses a headline suggesting bad news for the administration and the war in Iraq:
Most in Poll Want War Funding Cut Most Americans oppose fully funding President Bush’s $190 billion request for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and a sizable majority support an expansion of a children’s health insurance bill he has promised to veto, putting Bush and many congressional Republicans on the wrong side of public opinion on upcoming foreign and domestic policy battles.
If that were the case, it would be no surprise. After all, the poll is heavily skewed toward Democrats. Consult the demographic information at the end of the poll: Generally speaking, do you usually think of yourself as: Democrat, 33 percent; Republican, 24 percent NET LEANED PARTY Democrat, 50 percent; Republican, 38 percent If you skew a poll far in favor of Democrats, your answers will be unreliable. That said, if you read a little further, you discover these results:
Recommended Stories
Print subscriber? Click here to login/register your account
Digital subscriber? Click here to login/register your account.