2014 Quinnipiac Poll says Obama worst POTUS since WW2 (This is old news)

glenn1

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This poll is from 2014. OP has had title edited to reflect the accurate date of the poll. For results of the same poll in 2018 see post #10 where Donald Trump is voted the worst since WWII.
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I'm curious about how random the participant selection was if they came up with this result. I disagreed with some of his politics but it's not like he was out of the political mainstream. And who the hell are the cranks who name someone like Eisenhower or Ford as worst? Nixon I can see a case, maybe Dubya (primarily because of recency bias and lingering hostility about Iraq) but no one else on the list should have even received a vote. Did they survey the old guys up in the balcony from the Muppet Show or something?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/theo...bush-quinnipiac-poll-reagan-clinton/11985837/
 
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Americans have short attention spans and every republican would say Obama less than 2 years out. This is not in any way surprising. It’s stupid but that’s not surprising either.
 
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Commodus

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It sounds like they exclusively visited conservative households. I mean, these are the same people who'll blame Obama for Bush Jr.'s economic crisis, but conveniently give Obama no credit for the recovery that Trump inherited.
 
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ivwshane

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You'll note that the data shows they polled less Republicans and more independents. I have to wonder if trumps increasing support among Republicans is more of a sign of party purification more than Republicans coming on board the trump train.

In fact does anyone have any studies or polling data that shows where independents are coming from (as what party did they formally belong to)?
 

kage69

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Behold, what Fox News and talk radio does to people's minds.

Sad.
 

Jhhnn

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Of course conservatives rate Obama as the worst. I mean, Jesus fucking Christ- he was the only one who was black.

And of course Ronnie Rayguns was their fave. He did the feelz extremely well.
 

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Glenn acts exactly like a Russian troll. He posts a link from from 2014 with some thoughtful commentary designed to obscure the fact that the whole fucking post is 4 years old. Thinks we are stupid. SAD! Save it for your buddies at Trump wiener roast they believe anything.

Either that or the Russians trolled him too.

Here is the 2018 winner of the worst President since WWII:

https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2526

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Donald Trump is the worst of the 13 presidents who have served since the end of World War II, 41 percent of American voters say, followed by 21 percent who list Barack Obama and 10 percent who cite Richard Nixon, in a Quinnipiac University National Poll released today.

Looking at the best president since 1945, 28 percent say Ronald Reagan. Another 24 percent list Barack Obama, with 10 percent each for Bill Clinton and John Kennedy.

President Trump is fifth on the list, with 7 percent, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN- uh-pe-ack) University Poll finds.

Trailing Trump are Dwight Eisenhower, with 4 percent; Harry Truman and Jimmy Carter with 3 percent each; Lyndon Johnson, with 2 percent, and Richard Nixon, George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush, all with 1 percent each. Gerald Ford scores less than 1 percent.

American voters give Trump a negative 38 - 56 percent approval rating. There are wide gender and racial gaps. Men approve 44 percent, with 49 percent disapproving. Women disapprove 62 - 33 percent. White voters are divided 47 - 48 percent. Disapproval is 86 - 7 percent among black voters and 68 - 24 percent among Hispanic voters.

Trump gets a divided score for handling the economy as 46 percent of voters approve and 49 percent disapprove. Voters disapprove 61 - 33 percent of his handling of foreign policy.

"President Donald Trump's best card, perhaps his only card, remains the economy where he is close to break-even. He's tanking on foreign policy and he draws even more fire on his handling of Russian President Vladimir Putin," said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll.

"In 73 years, 13 men have governed from behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office and none of them have done so with less admiration from the American people."

American voters disapprove 63 - 26 percent of the way President Trump handles issues involving Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Russia is an adversary of the U.S., 55 percent of voters say, while only 3 percent see Russia as an ally and 38 percent say Russia is neither an ally nor adversary.

American voters say 70 - 22 percent, including 51 - 37 percent among Republicans, that the Russian government tried to influence the 2016 presidential election in the U.S.

Among all voters, 36 percent say the Russian interference changed the outcome of the election, while 28 percent say the Russian government tried but failed to change the outcome.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller is conducting a fair investigation into possible links between the Russian government and the Trump campaign, voters say 58 - 28 percent.

This is a legitimate investigation, 53 percent of voters say, as 42 percent say it is a political witch-hunt.

The Trump Administration should do more to protect the 2018 U.S. elections from Russian interference, 61 percent of voters say, while 28 percent say the Trump White House is doing enough.

In these 2018 elections, 48 percent of voters want the Democratic Party to win control of the U.S. House of Representatives, as 38 percent want Republicans to control the House. Independent voters back Democrats 45 - 33 percent.

Democrats should win control of the U.S. Senate, voters say 49 - 39 percent, including 46 - 35 percent among independent voters.

From March 3 - 5, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,122 voters nationwide with a margin of error of +/- 3.5 percentage points, including the design effect. Live interviewers call landlines and cell phones.

The Quinnipiac University Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D., conducts nationwide public opinion surveys, and statewide polls in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Ohio, Virginia, Iowa and Colorado as a public service and for research.
March 7, 2018 - Trump Gets Most Votes As Worst President Since WWII, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Reagan, Obama Top Trump 4-1 As Best President
 

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I'm curious about how random the participant selection was if they came up with this result. I disagreed with some of his politics but it's not like he was out of the political mainstream. And who the hell are the cranks who name someone like Eisenhower or Ford as worst? Nixon I can see a case, maybe Dubya (primarily because of recency bias and lingering hostility about Iraq) but no one else on the list should have even received a vote. Did they survey the old guys up in the balcony from the Muppet Show or something?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/theo...bush-quinnipiac-poll-reagan-clinton/11985837/
Welcome to geezerhood, the kids that work at my local store don't know who the Muppets are.
 

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Nicely done, sir.

You gotta imagine he was googling "Obama worst" to dig up this shit.

this being fake news popped up in my google feed yesterday, it got passed around conservatard outlets a few days ago and snopes already debunked it as old news to scare the olds. of course glenn fell for it.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/was-obama-worst-president-new-poll/\



edit: here's @glenn1 posting in the original thread discussing this poll back when it actually happened, what a maroon.
 

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Damn, I didn't check the date.

This does tell us something, though: Glenn, you really, really need to diversify your online reading. I know, I know, you'd have to hear unpleasant truths about Trump and his immigration policies, but it's nicer here in reality.
 

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Capt Caveman

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Self-ownaged thread of the year candidate. You would think Trump not being on the list would be a Red Flag or just looking at the date of the article.
 
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This poll is from 2014. For results of the same poll in 2018 see post #10 where Donald Trump is voted the worst since WWII.
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I'm curious about how random the participant selection was if they came up with this result. I disagreed with some of his politics but it's not like he was out of the political mainstream. And who the hell are the cranks who name someone like Eisenhower or Ford as worst? Nixon I can see a case, maybe Dubya (primarily because of recency bias and lingering hostility about Iraq) but no one else on the list should have even received a vote. Did they survey the old guys up in the balcony from the Muppet Show or something?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/theo...bush-quinnipiac-poll-reagan-clinton/11985837/

Fishing not working out too well today?
 

glenn1

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Fishing not working out too well today?

Nope, was posted in a newsfeed from yahoo or something like that today, it's not like I cruise political centric websites apart from this forum so I'm unsure how the algorithm selected it for me and it's not like it was from a crackpot site like InfoWars. You'll notice my OP wasn't exactly celebrating the result as I would have been confused by it as much in 2014 as I would be in 2018 as the result seems shall we say non-reflective of reality. I do appreciate people pointing out its 4 years old and linking the current results which predictably puts Trump in the lead for worst which is more along the lines of my expectations.