Orgah Americans' Opinions On Obama

[Vuk]

This is NOT meant for discussion, simply to collect polling data for another discussion. Please only vote if you are an American (A US citizen), as I will make the votes public and check them periodically.
I hope the choices are simple enough for everyone to know where they fit.

[Louis VI the Fat]

Hah! I can vote because I am an honorary* Texan.


*note the absent 'u'!! Just to show that I'll be as american as I like and there's nothing you can do about it...

[Tribesman]

This has got to be the funniest poll in a long time

[Vuk]

This has got to be the funniest poll in a long time

umm....it is a straight forward poll that seeks to gauge the opinions of Americans on the Obama administration. The questions are almost identical to very similar poll that I put up about Former President Bush during a discussion about him. Is there some hillarious spelling mistake I am missing maybe?

[KukriKhan]

Hah! I can vote because I am an honorary* Texan.


*note the absent 'u'!! Just to show that I'll be as american as I like and there's nothing you can do about it...

El-o-El, ya'll.

This has got to be the funniest poll in a long time

Certainly the longest.

[Tribesman]

umm....it is a straight forward poll that seeks to gauge the opinions of Americans on the Obama administration. The questions are almost identical to very similar poll that I put up about Former President Bush during a discussion about him. Is there some hillarious spelling mistake I am missing maybe?

The funny thing is your votes

[Vuk]

The funny thing is your votes

lol, just letting you know where I stand. Seriously though, this thread is just for the poll, not a discussion of how people vote, or the sidesplitting laughter said votes cause you.

[CountArach]

The funny thing is your votes

I laughed as well, I'll be honest.

Also, one of those questions made me scratch my head:

People who critise Obama all do so because they are hateful, afraid, and often uneducated.
Most people who critise Obama do so for legitimate reasons, and not out of hate, fear, or ignorance.

The difference here is important - I would disagree with both statements because the word "all" in the first statement, by definition, means that no other option is plausible. I believe there are educated people who criticise Obama legitimately (Including some of the people on this site), but on the other hand I believe that there are a lot of people who do so without actually knowing what they are talking about. The same was true of Bush.

[Vuk]

I laughed as well, I'll be honest.

Also, one of those questions made me scratch my head:

People who critise Obama all do so because they are hateful, afraid, and often uneducated.
Most people who critise Obama do so for legitimate reasons, and not out of hate, fear, or ignorance.

The difference here is important - I would disagree with both statements because the word "all" in the first statement, by definition, means that no other option is plausible. I believe there are educated people who criticise Obama legitimately (Including some of the people on this site), but on the other hand I believe that there are a lot of people who do so without actually knowing what they are talking about. The same was true of Bush.

A good point, could the mods make that 'Most' in both choices please. Sorry for the discrepancy, it was not intentional.
EDIT: What the question means to ask is 'most' CA, as a quantitative answer would not be possible or feasible for someone to give. I hope you understand.

[Strike For The South]

This whole thread is a circle jerk of pointless and you're getting on me for spamming. Harumph.

[Vuk]

This whole thread is a circle jerk of pointless and you're getting on me for spamming. Harumph.

Thank you for your opinion, but you may notice that you are not the only one who I have scolded. Now stop being a bad Strike or I will put you over my knee and spank your fine Texan !

[Productivity]

This whole Americans only, no discussion rule seems to be almost the antithesis of this forum. Freezing out the majority of the forum from voting and not wanting discussion seems crazy. It also seems a completely impossible task, given who has voted and the amount of discussion occuring.

Also, recommend you learn something about questionairre design before trying something like this again - those were terrible.

[Vuk]

This whole Americans only, no discussion rule seems to be almost the antithesis of this forum. Freezing out the majority of the forum from voting and not wanting discussion seems crazy. It also seems a completely impossible task, given who has voted and the amount of discussion occuring.

Also, recommend you learn something about questionairre design before trying something like this again - those were terrible.

Majority of the forum does not matter for my purposes. The election of a US president, while it affects the rest of the world, is the job and responsibility of American citizens, and it is THERE country. If I made a similar poll about Putin, I would limit it to Russians only. I don't give a flying what Dutch, or Germans, or anyone but Americans think about Obama right now for the purposes of this poll. Sure, that may be an interesting bit of knowledge and perhaps useful for something else, but not for what I want to use the data for. The thing about questionnaires is that they need to be designed to fufill a certain task and return RELEVANT data. The opinions of Portuguese on the American President is completely irrelevant. And yes, I know that lots of non-Americans have voted, but I know who is American and not, and when I tally the votes at the end of 30 days I will take out the votes of non-Americans. Right now the poll is very skewed because of the votes of non-Americans.

[Gregoshi]

While your poll isn't perfect Vuk, it is so much better than the "URGENT" survey on the Obama administration I received from the Republican National Committee yesterday. Now that was a turd of a poll. And Vuk didn't ask for a donation either.

[CountArach]

I know that lots of non-Americans have voted, but I know who is American and not, and when I tally the votes at the end of 30 days I will take out the votes of non-Americans. Right now the poll is very skewed because of the votes of non-Americans.

Then why does it matter who votes?