Fox News Poll

Look to your left, look to your right. Two out of the three of you don't like George Bush. It's pretty crazy to see that in a Fox News Poll. But then, it's a pretty crazy poll

Nearly half the of the public says their financial situation is "excellent" (10 percent) or "good" (36 percent), while just over half rate their situation as "only fair" (35 percent) or "poor" (17 percent).

"It is worth noting that perception of how well people are doing are tied directly to their income," comments Gorman. "Most of those making $75,000 per year are positive, while most of those making less than $50,000 are negative. Those between %50,000 and $75,000 are just about evenly split."

Explain that again? If people making 50-75k were even-steven, and under 50k earners voted bad and over 75k earners voted good....then how did they get "almost half" to vote good or excellent? Did they conduct the survey in the Hamptons?

Just a reminder folks, the 2005 median household income was 44,389. A solid majority in the Fox news poll should have been under 50k. And that's assuming Gorman's referring to household incomes, not personal incomes. It only gets further out of whack if he meant personal income.


UPDATE: My point wasn't so much that Fox had a bad survey so much as their analysis is a bit skewed. Wierd things happen when you divy up data and apply statistics- and they get even wierder if people have a particular outcome they was to press.

But I didn't scratch the tip of the iceberg on this poll. Steve got a bit further. Turns out it's a Republican push poll. Fair and balanced? Try this question:

"Do you think illegal immigrants from Mexico should be given special treatment and allowed to jump in front of immigrants from other countries that want to come to the United States legally, or not?

Hmm. Do you think a news organization should be giving special treatment to a Republican talking point and not only promoting it on air, but actually conducting push polls to directly influence the people it calls?