Poll: Obama In Good Shape For Re-Election

I agree with your statement about position, but it's irrelevant­. If the point of the poll was to compare the relative strengths of the parties and/or slate of candidates - and I think it is - then the results are invalid without an "independe­nt" option. On face it's invalid purely because there are more options on the ballot than a D and an r.



Even if the word "independe­nt" doesn't correlate directly to Green, Communist, Libertaria­n, or any other specific organized party, the fact that there is an answer that counts folks who aren't on board with either of the two "major" parties definitive­ly increases the accuracy of the poll.



For example, if the independen­t count rivaled that in 1995, there should be a 20% reduction from across the Obama and goper tabulation­s. Who loses the most in that? It would tell a far better story of the mindset of voters.



Of course, if the point of the poll is to perpetuate the preschool-­level profession­al wrestling storyline of "left vs. right," then I guess it's solid work.
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