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Zogby Poll: Almost No Obama Voters Ace Election Test

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:03:30 GMT

Released: November 18, 2008

Zogby Poll: Almost No Obama Voters Ace Election Test

Survey finds most Obama voters remembered negative coverage of McCain/Palin statements but struggled to correctly answer questions about coverage associated with Obama/Biden

eleased: November 18, 2008

Zogby Poll: Almost No Obama Voters Ace Election Test

Survey finds most Obama voters remembered negative coverage of McCain/Palin statements but struggled to correctly answer questions about coverage associated with Obama/Biden

UTICA, New York -- Just 2% of voters who supported Barack Obama on Election Day obtained perfect or near-perfect scores on a post election test which gauged their knowledge of statements and scandals associated with the presidential tickets during the campaign, a new Zogby International telephone poll shows.

Zogby Statement on Ziegler poll

http://www.zogby.com/news/wf-dfs.pdf

Only 54% of Obama voters were able to answer at least half or more of the questions correctly.

The 12-question, multiple-choice survey found questions regarding statements linked to Republican presidential candidate John McCain and his vice-presidential running-mate Sarah Palin were far more likely to be answered correctly by Obama voters than questions about statements associated with Obama and Vice-President–Elect Joe Biden. The telephone survey of 512 Obama voters nationwide was conducted Nov. 13-15, 2008, and carries a margin of error of +/- 4.4 percentage points. The survey was commissioned by John Ziegler, author of The Death of Free Speech, producer of the recently released film "Blocking the Path to 9/11" and producer of the upcoming documentary film, Media Malpractice...How Obama Got Elected.

"We stand by the results our survey work on behalf of John Ziegler, as we stand by all of our work. We reject the notion that this was a push poll because it very simply wasn't. It was a legitimate effort to test the knowledge of voters who cast ballots for Barack Obama in the Nov. 4 election. Push polls are a malicious effort to sway public opinion one way or the other, while message and knowledge testing is quite another effort of public opinion research that is legitimate inquiry and has value in the public square. In this case, the respondents were given a full range of responses and were not pressured or influenced to respond in one way or another. This poll was not designed to hurt anyone, which is obvious as it was conducted after the election. The client is free to draw his own conclusions about the research, as are bloggers and other members of society. But Zogby International is a neutral party in this matter. We were hired to test public opinion on a particular subject and with no ax to grind, that's exactly what we did. We don't have to agree or disagree with the questions, we simply ask them and provide the client with a fair and accurate set of data reflecting public opinion." - John Zogby

"After I interviewed Obama voters on Election Day for my documentary, I had a pretty low opinion of what most of them had picked up from the media coverage of the campaign, but this poll really proves beyond any doubt the stunning level of malpractice on the part of the media in not educating the Obama portion of the voting populace," said Ziegler.

Ninety-four percent of Obama voters correctly identified Palin as the candidate with a pregnant teenage daughter, 86% correctly identified Palin as the candidate associated with a $150,000 wardrobe purchased by her political party, and 81% chose McCain as the candidate who was unable to identify the number of houses he owned. When asked which candidate said they could "see Russia from their house," 87% chose Palin, although the quote actually is attributed to Saturday Night Live's Tina Fey during her portrayal of Palin during the campaign. An answer of "none" or "Palin" was counted as a correct answer on the test, given that the statement was associated with a characterization of Palin.

Obama voters did not fare nearly as well overall when asked to answer questions about statements or stories associated with Obama or Biden -- 83% failed to correctly answer that Obama had won his first election by getting all of his opponents removed from the ballot, and 88% did not correctly associate Obama with his statement that his energy policies would likely bankrupt the coal industry. Most (56%) were also not able to correctly answer that Obama started his political career at the home of two former members of the Weather Underground.

Nearly three quarters (72%) of Obama voters did not correctly identify Biden as the candidate who had to quit a previous campaign for President because he was found to have plagiarized a speech, and nearly half (47%) did not know that Biden was the one who predicted Obama would be tested by a generated international crisis during his first six months as President.

In addition to questions regarding statements and scandals associated with the campaigns, the 12-question, multiple-choice survey also included a question asking which political party controlled both houses of Congress leading up to the election -- 57% of Obama voters were unable to correctly answer that Democrats controlled both the House and the Senate.

For content, contact: John Ziegler at talktozig@aol.com.

For more information on Ziegler's upcoming documentary film, Media Malpractice...How Obama Got Elected, please visit www.HowObamaGotElected.com, where there is a video of Obama voters on election day being asked many of the same questions.

For methodology, contact: Fritz Wenzel, 315-624-0200 ext. 229 or 419-205-0287 or fritz@zogby.com.

To view the survey results, please visit http://www.zogby.com/news/wf-dfs.pdf.

(11/18/2008)

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Re: Zogby Poll: Almost No Obama Voters Ace Election Test

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:14:42 GMT

Hi Geketa,

How sad. And these well informed elected a President. What a farce.

Shalom,

Peter

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Re: Zogby Poll: Almost No Obama Voters Ace Election Test

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:22:12 GMT

Hi Peter,

Yes, it is sad and a farse. America has been invaded and taken over without a single shot being fired by those well informed followers who blindly voted for someone they knew absolutely nothing about.

I call them lever pullers, mindless and brain washed by the new improved bought and paid for Liberal Media.

Shalom,

Geketa

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Re: Zogby Poll: Almost No Obama Voters Ace Election Test

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:54:19 GMT

Created By: nicksym

Re: Zogby Poll: Almost No Obama Voters Ace Election Test

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:16:26 GMT

Hello Geketa,

Very interesting reading and very sad how easily people can be lead along
in mind controlling deceit.

We suspected and spoke out about our respective 'gut feelings' that the media
was very one sided - Obama voters did not want to listen (not just in Adlandpro
but other forums I am a member as well).

I have seen this uninformity with Americans since I came to live here. So many
people live 'inside the box' and have no idea what is happening around them.
It has been so refreshing to meet and talk with the friends who are enlightened
and living 'outside the box' that I can have a meaningful discussion with.

We just have to hang in there for the next 4 years - (if Barack Hussein Obama aka
Barry Soreato etc can produce his authentic birth certificate before the deadline)..
be vigilant and prepared to write or call to our county/state representative when
required and not take to 'fence sitting'.

Amanda

Created By: Amanda_NZ

Re: Zogby Poll: Almost No Obama Voters Ace Election Test

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:08:15 GMT

Hi Amanda,

I thought it was very interesting reading that poll too and as you said also somewhat amazing that people can be so lead by their emotions instead of thinking for themselves. What I also find interesting is that when you actually tell people the truth they somehow still remain in denial; like the wife that enables her husband to be an alcoholic she too is in denial.

I agree most of the uninformed Americans do like their safe," little boxes" as they cannot handle intelligent discussions not only here in ALP but anywhere on or off the Internet. G-d forbid if you might disagree with them.

I have to say much of this has stemmed from the intentional dumbing down of the American population as a whole. The school systems are graduating 17 and 18 year old children that cannot read at a 5th grade level (how sad is that?). Social passing has been in effect for at least the past 25 years here now and every time they overhaul the system they dumb it down a little more. The goal is socialism (communism in a liberal wrapper tied neatly with the ribbon of political correctness) ThaT goal has almost been reached with the newly elected Obama what ever his name is.

You should know me well enough by now to know I am not a," fence sitter" and I will not go quietly into the darkness.

Thank you my friend I always appreciate your input. Meaningful discussions are always welcome here :)

Blessings,
Geketa

PS here is something you might also get a good laugh about : if it were not so terribly sad .. it goes along with the poll

Jim Brown - OneNewsNow - 11/19/2008 8:35:00 AM

A new documentary demonstrates how uninformed some Barack Obama voters are about American politics and the recent presidential campaign.

Documentary filmmaker John Ziegler interviewed a dozen Obama voters as they left the polls on Election Day "to see what they learned from the media coverage of the campaign." Ziegler says the twelve "were chosen for their apparent intelligence/verbal abilities and willingness to express their opinions to a large audience."

He has posted a video of the interviews on the website HowObamaGotElected.com. Here is a small portion what the Obama voters had to say when asked some basic political questions.

Ziegler: Which party currently controls Congress?

Adarsha (Obama voter): Currently? Like - I don't know, actually.

Melinda (Obama voter): The Republicans.

Nick (Obama voter): Uh, Republicans.

Ronald (Obama voter): Republicans.

Ziegler: Republicans control Congress?

Ronald: Yes. Yes.

Janan (Obama voter): Probably Republican because the president's Republican. That's my honest answer.

Ziegler: Do you know who Barney Frank is?

Amber (Obama voter): Um, no."

Ziegler: How about Nancy Pelosi?

Amber: "No."

Ziegler: How about Harry Reid?

Amber: I've heard that name but I don't know who that is."

Ziegler: What do you think of Barney Frank?

Adarsha: "I have no idea who that is."

Although nearly all of the Obama voters interviewed did not know who the Democratic leaders of the House and Senate were, they did know that the Republican Party spent $150,000 on Sarah Palin's wardrobe and also knew that she was the one candidate with a pregnant teenage daughter.

Created By: 313726