Skewed Polling Data

Now, I know nobody who reads this blog is surprised by the AP skewing their poll data in favor of the Democrats. But 17 points? Sheesh! (okay the link thingy here is doing weird things - here's the link: http://www.nationalreview.com/campaign-spot/266932/latest-ap-poll-sample-skews-democrats-17-points. Wow! The AP poll has Obama’s approval rating hitting 60 percent! And 53 percent say he deserves to be reelected! And on the economy, 52 percent approve of the way Obama’s handling it, and only 47 percent disapprove! He’s up 54–46 on approval of how he’s handling health care! On unemployment, 52 percent approval, 47 percent disapproval! 57 percent approval on handling Libya! Even on the deficit, he’s at 47 percent approval, 52 percent disapproval! It is a poll of adults, which isn’t surprising; as I mentioned yesterday, you don’t have to be a registered or likely voter to have an opinion on the president. But then you get to the party ID: 46 percent identify as Democrat or leaning Democrat, 29 percent identify as Republican or leaning Republican, 4 percent identify as purely independent leaning towards neither party, and 20 percent answered, “I don’t know.” That's Jim Geraghty over at National Review Online. As one of the commenters says, they must really be getting desperate to skew the sampling that much. Apparently their internal polling is not looking good for Obama. We can only hope and pray, and pray some more.