In Focus: Stats

• Poll: Dodd's approval numbers drop to new lows: Slipping below a 50 percent approval rating is often considered a red flag for incumbents. Quinnipiac Poll Director Douglas Schwartz said Dodd's 33 percent approval rating, a dip from 44 percent in a March 10 poll, is"especially devastating.""A 33 percent job approval is unheard of for a 30-year incumbent, especially a Democrat in a blue state," Schwartz said. - AP, 4-2-09
• CNN POLL: Some 51 percent of Americans now oppose the Afghanistan war, and 64 percent of Democrats do. - CNN, 3-28-09
• BRENT BOZELL III: Washington Polling Games: It has become almost amusing, watching how the so-called"news" media are manipulating their own polls to keep the political weather sunny for their hero. The Washington Post kicked off President Barack Obama's European trip with the headline"Blame For Downturn Not Fixed on Obama." Of course, what was"fixed" was the poll itself .... This is one important reason why newspapers are on shaky financial ground. Washington Post readers who are not completely on the Obama bandwagon should see the discrepancies described here and feel completely manipulated. The Post is loading on the bias, coming and going, manipulating the polls after it paints pretty presidential pictures on the front page. - Wall Street Journal, 4-1-09
• Media: Obama's London Sojourn Nothing Like Bush's: President Obama's European trip receives mostly positive coverage in this morning's newspapers, with many articles contrasting his reception with that given to former President Bush in previous years....
  
  ABC World News, meanwhile, reported that"according to our ABC News/Washington Post poll, 43% of Americans say the country's image abroad is improving under...Obama. That number was just 10% under President Bush." The President" continues to get high marks at home, as well, 64% say they are confident the President's programs will improve the economy." - US News & World Report, 4-1-09
• U.S. voters don't blame Obama for economy: U.S. President Barack Obama benefits from a broadly held perception that others bear the bulk of responsibility for state of the U.S. economy, according to a Washington Post/ABC News poll published on Tuesday.... - Reuters, 3-30-09
• Experts: Bias didn't skew NH polls against Clinton: olling that ended too early and other technical shortcomings — rather than undetected racial bias — are the likeliest reasons so many surveys incorrectly suggested Barack Obama would defeat Hillary Rodham Clinton in the 2008 New Hampshire presidential primary, a report concluded Monday. Clinton defeated Obama 39 percent to 36 percent in the Jan. 8, 2008, contest, even though many pre-primary polls showed Obama with solid leads. Clinton's victory gave her a badly needed burst of momentum just five days after Obama won a surprising victory in the Iowa caucuses, the year's first presidential contest. - AP, 3-30-09

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