“According to the latest poll, a record 73 percent of Americans think the country is headed in the wrong direction. But the good news: Gas is so expensive that we'll never get there.” ThinkingCountryRecordsNewsPercentExpensiveGasGood NewsPollsWrong Direction Author:Jay Leno
“A new presidential poll reveals that Democrats have the edge among voters under 30. The good news for Republicans is that there's only six people under 30 who actually vote.” PeopleRepublicanSixNewsVoteDemocratEdgesPresidentialVotersGood NewsPolls Author:Conan O'Brien
“You're either a rationalist, or you're not. And the good news is a recent poll found 20% of adults under 30 say they are rationalists, and have figured out that Santa Claus and Jesus are really the same guy. Now, 20% is hardly a majority. But it's a bigger minority than blacks, jews, homosexuals, NRA members, teachers, or seniors... and it's certainly enough to stop being shy about expressing the opinion that we're not the crazy ones!” EnoughGuyFoundJesusOpinionTeacherCrazyMembersNewsAdultsBiggerMajorityJewMinoritiesShySeniorHomosexualGood NewsPollsSantaSanta ClausNraBeing Shy Author:Bill Maher
“The media uses polls to create news stories. I think polls are just an extension of the editorial page, an excuse to get them on the front page. You can ask any question you want, get any answer you want, and then run around with that as a news story.” ThinkingWantStoriesUseRunningAsksAnswersMediaFrontsNewsPagesExcuseExtensionsPollsEditorialsNews Stories Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The only thing I have ever been asked [by a pollster] was the age at which I first indulged in oral sex (which, since it was a Yale Daily News poll, meant kissing).” FirstsAgeSexMoralKissingNewsMannersPollsYaleDaily News Author:Paul Rudnick
“The polls demonstrate that 50 percent of Americans who get their news from TV think Saddam Hussein was behind the Twin Towers attack. Man, have they got ways for getting half-truths out right away now, thanks to TV! I think TV is a calamity in a democracy.” ThinkingMenWayBehindsHalfDemocracyTvsNewsPercentThanksTwinsTowersSaddamHusseinPollsCalamityHalf TruthTwin Towers Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“Every decision, every debate, no matter how important it is, with the same question: 'What does this mean for the next election? What does it mean for your poll numbers? Is this good for the Democrats or good for the Republicans? Who won the news cycle?' That's just how Washington is. They can't help it. They're obsessed with the sport of politics.” MeanDoeImportantMatterHelpingNextSportsDecisionNumbersRepublicanNewsElectionDemocratDebateObsessedCyclesPolls Author:Barack Obama
“My goodness, why is this woman [ Hillary Clinton ] at 46%? She's like the magic 46. She's 46% in the new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, she's 46% in a lot of these swing states.” StatesMagicStreetsWallGoodnessNewsClintonSwingsJournalPollsNbcWall Street JournalNbc News Author:Anderson Cooper
“This statement, this transgression, this issue whereas if you look at the Fox News poll - CNN, ABC, NBC, everybody was there."CBS" polls, you see that Americans were very focused on jobs and the economy, health care, immigration, terrorism. I mean, the cues and clues to this election were right in front of him the whole time.” IfsLooksMeanWholeCareJobsEconomyIssuesFrontsNewsElectionTerrorismFocusedImmigrationStatementsHealth CareFoxesCluePollsCnnFox NewsTransgressionNbc Author:Kellyanne Conway
“We've got a poll out there saying that Obamacare has never been more popular? Well, maybe it's people like at 25% and it's only gotten to 23% before, who knows, but the headline is so misleading, it's fake news. And that's gonna continue.” PeopleKnowsWellsNewsFakePollsMisleadObamacareHeadlines Author:Rush Limbaugh
“There was so much fake news in Wisconsin, that Scott Walker stuff, they had fake polls. The protests in Madison, which is where the University of Wisconsin is, perfect examples of the use of fake news, trying to make Walker - really they tried to dispirit Walker's supporters.” TryingUseStuffPerfectExampleNewsUniversityFakeProtestSupporterPollsWalkersMadisonWisconsin Author:Rush Limbaugh
“When the United States invaded Iraq, a New York Times/CBS News survey estimated that 42 percent of the American public believed that Saddam Hussein was directly responsible for the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. And an ABC news poll said that 55 percent of Americans believed that Saddam Hussein directly supported al-Qaeda. None of this opinion is based on evidence (because there isn’t any).” WorldSaidStatesUnitedOpinionUnited StatesNew YorkNewsPercentEvidenceResponsibleTradeIraqAlsSeptemberSaddamHusseinPollsSeptember 11New York TimesSurveysAl QaedaPentagonWorld TradeWorld Trade CenterSeptember 11th Author:Arundhati Roy
“When we think about the issues that matter, obviously the news covers immigration, a lot. You might think immigration is the only story that actually affects us but when you poll Latinos you'll see that education is the number one topic that they're interested in talking about and economy is the second issue.” ThinkingMatterStoriesMightNumbersTalkingEconomyIssuesNewsImmigrationTopicsPollsLatino Author:Soledad O'Brien