44% Evangelical?

9:56 pm EST October 22nd, 2008 | News | 8 Comments

Unless you believe that suddenly this country has a 44% evangelical population, you can probably drop the AP/GfK poll in the same circular file as Zogby’s polls.

The conspiracy theories about polling are getting wackier by the moment. You’ve got whole swaths of conservatives that now seriously believe that the media is working in concert with the Democrats, Obama, ACORN, George Soros and about twenty other boogeymen (and I can tell you, Media Matters is getting kind of jealous at these Johnny Come-Latelies who are a part of the great left wing conspiracy) to fix the polls in favor of Obama.

Personally I don’t believe the polls that show double-digit leads for Sen. Obama, simply because even with the failure of the Bush administration we still seem to be a closely divided nation. But neither do I believe the polls supposedly showing surges for McCain. I think we’re at status quo in a 4-5 point race right now. Nor do I believe that McCain is looking at secret polls showing Pennsylvania tightening in his favor (yes, this is what conservatives are pushing around now – I read the con blogs and Free Republic so you don’t have to). PA seems to me to be a lot like New Jersey for Republicans or Florida for Dems – constantly looks in sight, but at the last minute goes out of reach.

The right wants to have it both ways. They want the polls to be gospel truth when they showed Bush at 90% approval, when there was a slight majority in favor of war in Iraq, and when they show John McCain in the lead as they did after the convention. Otherwise, the low approval for Bush, the opposition to war in Iraq, and Barack Obama’s lead in the polls are all inventions of the liberal plot.

Who told?

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8 Responses to “44% Evangelical?”

  1. Thad says:
    October 22, 2008 at 10:31 pm

    “The right wants to have it both ways. They want the polls to be gospel truth when they showed Bush at 90% approval, when there was a slight majority in favor of war in Iraq, and when they show John McCain in the lead as they did after the convention. Otherwise, the low approval for Bush, the opposition to war in Iraq, and Barack Obama’s lead in the polls are all inventions of the liberal plot.”

    In fairness, I think a lot of liberals play the double-standard game too — I do my best to examine polls impartially, but it’s human nature to point at evidence that supports your views and ignore evidence that refutes them. (I think studies show this is about even between self-described Democrats and Republicans — I guess that’s part of why I call myself an independent even though I’m registered Democratic, because frankly I think nearly every Democrat in Congress deserves a punch in the gut. My own Rep included.)

  2. daniel rotter says:
    October 22, 2008 at 10:57 pm

    “…I think nearly every Democrat in Congress deserves a punch in the gut”.

    Stay classy, Thad.

  3. eyeball says:
    October 22, 2008 at 11:00 pm

    Just wanted to say: thanks for reading the right-wing blogs so I don’t have to.

  4. C.S.Strowbridge says:
    October 23, 2008 at 12:54 am

    While Zogby’s internet polls are shite, his regular polls are not that bad. Not among the best, but acceptable.

  5. SaveFarris says:
    October 23, 2008 at 7:16 am

    44% of the country evangelicals? Maybe not, but 44% of VOTERS being evangelical wouldn’t be a jaw dropper.

  6. Quaker in a Basement says:
    October 23, 2008 at 10:53 am

    No, that’s 44% born-again OR evangelical. I’d buy it.

  7. Oliver Willis says:
    October 23, 2008 at 12:03 pm

    The numbers I’ve seen show the percentage at 23%. You really think evangelicals have jumped 21% in 4 years? Not likely.

  8. Sean D. Martin says:
    October 23, 2008 at 12:50 pm

    You really think evangelicals have jumped 21% in 4 years?

    I dunno. Given what’s been happening in those last 4 years I’ve been tempted to start praying.