A CNN/ORC poll released last month reported that by a two-to-one margin, Americans opposed congressional leaders’ invitation to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress without first notifying the president. Just 33 percent said it was the right thing to do; 63 percent said it was wrong.
A few days later, Bloomberg reported that a poll conducted over virtually the same time period by Paragon Insights and sponsored by the Israel Project, a pro-Israel group, showed that “Americans want Netanyahu to speak.” Despite the headline, this poll didn’t find a majority in favor, just 47 percent, while 32 percent were opposed and the rest unsure. …
How can pollsters create such diverse pictures of the American public, especially when the polls were conducted over essentially the same period of time? CONT.
David W. Moore, iMediaEthics