Scary Poll

[Liberty]

Please note question 6.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19375611/site/newsweek/

[Trevorjustco]

I like how the "correct" answer to number 12 "When did the Korean War end?" is another question: "Did it ever end?"

Oddly enough, this scenario is how the current administration is predicting our presence in Iraq will be.

[Wyurm]

I'm beginning to think people just answer polls randomly. Question 7 said 20 pct of the people thought we had found WMDs.

[TheDuke]

Well, I think the answers of all other questions contribute to question 6, we are easily manipulated, uninformed, not interested and ... stupid, let's face it... I have no evidence to back up my claim, but lots of personal experience (USA vs. Belgium, USA vs. the Netherlands, USA vs. Germany, ...)

[Bryan in Iowa]

Please note question 6.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19375611/site/newsweek/

Yes, #6 was interesting, but check out #5. I am assuming the answer highlighted in bold concludes to be a correct answer, but the question does not have a correct answer, it is an opinion question. Is MSNBC attempting to communicate something?

5. From what you know about the situation, do you think the United States is losing the fight against al-Qaeda or radical Islamic terrorism?

Yes 52

No 37

Don’t know/Refused 11

Seems strange eh?

[PatriotOne]

This doesn't make any sense. The poll was done:

Results are based on telephone interviews with 1,001 adults, 18 and older, conducted June 18-19, 2007.


And yet for question 6 they used data from 2003 and 2004 for question No. 6? Am I reading that wrong?

Editing to say never mind. I see the current total for 2007. I think I am going blind being on the computor all day today!

[foofighter20x]

Number 4 is BS too... Not every state held a popular election for presidential electors in 1824, so there isn't a complete data set to draw that conclusion about Jackson.

[MsDoodahs]

It's just another effort at manipulating opinion.

[John of Des Moines]

If I'm standing next to a fire and am reasonably comfortable then threw on more logs according to this question after the logs started to burn I would not feel warmer. Interesting.

And the ones who can't simple questions are the ones who star on "Jay Walking" 95% - Jane Austin is my limit.