About That Zogby Poll

How do you get poll results you want?
Well, its in how you phrase the questions and what multiple-choice answers you limit your respondents to.

Real Clear Politics eviscerates the recent poll in which 72% of military in Iraq chose to cut and run:

For example, the widespread finding that three in four soldiers think the United States should withdraw from Iraq within a year has only one option for troops who think otherwise: stay indefinitely. This infamous question asks, "How long should U.S. troops stay in Iraq?" But the first three answers are not phrased in terms of staying, they are phrased "withdraw...," "withdraw..." and "withdraw... ." Where are the options for troops who think the United States should stay for "one to two years" or "two to five years"? Zogby omits such nuance. It's stay or go. Now or never.

Please read the whole thing. Its not very long but it is packed with delicious chewy morsels.

posted by Laura. at 12:08 PM

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