Quote Originally Posted by fishman3811
You can slant polls any way u want its all in how u ask the question.
Actually that is consider bad form, when constructing polls it is almost always done to specifically eliminate bias questions, they skew poll results and thus make them unreliable. The type of poll taken from USA Today would definately work to eliminate bias, they are a reputable source and to use biased questions would hurt their credibility (believe it or not).

Here's the difference between a bias question and an unbiased one:

(Unbiased) Do you approve of the President's handling of the war on terror? Yes/ No/Uncertain

(Biased) Do you approve of the President's poor handling of the war on terror? Yes/No/Uncertain

Now look at the question's above on the poll, draw you're own logical conclusions.

Edit: I see that the original questions are not listed, so you cannot come to any logical conclusions from the given. USA Today / Bloomberg and *gasp* even Fox News are reputable news sources regardless of your views on them. If you do doubt the polls, why don't you review the sources, they are given above. If it's so hard to believe that the American public actually feel the way that's stated above then perhaps you are disillusioned.
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