Beware as AZ Republic’s pollsters try their hand at hoodwinking
Two polls from the left-leaning Merrill/Morrison (M/M) Institute and heralded by the daily newspaper, reveal interesting “facts.” The first release found that Arizonans — who have elected only one Democrat for President since 1948 — are evenly divided in their support for Barack Obama (40%) and Mitt Romney (42%). No Opinion Wizards weighed in at 18%. Bruce Merrill calls it a “toss-up.”
Ditto, to whom the respondents would rather have in control of Congress. Republicans came in at 41%, Democrats 40% and once against the No Opinion geniuses registered a 19% chunk.
Then the pollsters report that “nearly three-quarters of Arizona registered voters” are in favor of the nightmarish DREAM Act, a backdoor amnesty rewarding lawbreakers.
On this contentious issue the agenda-driven Merrill/Morrison claim strongly support stands at 45%, support 28%, oppose 15%, strongly oppose 7%. The No Opinion Wizards became more certain with only 5% unclear of their views.
For a clue to Merrill/Morrison’s bent, note that SB 1070 is described as “controversial,” the liberal newspaper’s word of choice. Check out the liberal use the term “undocumented immigrants” to describe foreign nationals who are here illegally. We prefer to call them illegal aliens, since actual immigrants come to this country via a legal and very generous process.
David Daugherty, director of research at Morrison Institute had the temerity to say, “These findings largely contradict the common impression that Arizonans are anti-Mexican immigrant.” That “common impression” is promoted daily by Linda Valdez and Daniel Gonzales.
Wrong, Mr. Daugherty. Arizonans just believe illegal lawbreakers should stay home and should not be rewarded. Mexicans who apply for citizenship are welcomed along with those from other nations who respect our laws and national sovereignty.
And who is the Executive Director of this M/M crew? Why none other than Sue Clark-Johnson, who retired as President of the Gannett Newspaper Division. Gannett is the parent company of Arizona’s editorial source masquerading as a disseminator of news. And whadd’ya know? She also served as Chairman and CEO of Phoenix Newspapers, Inc. — better known to our readers as the Periódico de la República de Arizona (Arizona Republic). The M/M Board of Advisors is replete with liberals, lobbyists, RINOs, high-fliers heading “institutes,” Hispanic Chamber of Commerce representatives and Republic employees, past and present. John Zidich, the newspaper’s President and Publisher shows up on the list.
The Morrison Institute actually has the chutzpah to describe itself as “using nonpartisan research and public outreach to help improve the state’s quality of life.”
Believe that and we’ve got a bridge you might be interesting in buying.
Yep. And Merrill/Morrison is based at ASU and has connections with the Cronkite School of Journalism, another leftwing bastion of teaching the art of editorializing as reporting. This is an endless round robin of crap. Thanks Seeing Red for calling this charade out. The self styled intelligentsia must think we are easily duped morons.
I’m always amazed that people who receive a polling call register “No opinion” when asked their viewpoint on issues that highly impact them, their comunities, their nation and their families.
What an admission of stupidiity! No wonder the pollsters and the newspaper think we are “easily duped.”
It must be comforting to the d-cRAT stooges and puppets in the socialist media to know that they have a guaranteed job elsewhere that is as perfectly matched to their “skills” as their current one. All it takes is a one-way ticket to North Korea. Without any re-training and without doing anything differently, they could immediately become full-fledged propagandists for the Kim-the-Younger regime’s efforts to totally and completely deceive its subjects, just as they currently do to clueless, lazy Americans who don’t search out the truth.
As a long-time reader of Seeing Red AZ, it seems to me that the blog has become more aggressive and more prolific in exposing the disgusting, despicable, outrageously bad and harmful actions of the d-cRAT socialist extremists and their lap-dogs in the socialist media.
Keep it up. I’m lovin’ it.
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The worst of this is Arizona tax dollars that pay for it all. There must be a way for the legislature to defund the liberal/socialist/communist empire known as the “School of Journalism” and their televised vehicle for manure spreading – Arizona Horizon, exactly the way they stopped the La Raza fest in Tucson schools. These invader-sucking polls are manipulative propaganda, and everybody knows it.
Thanks for the intro into the fraudulent Merrill/Morrison Institute. Until today I knew nothing about the group and certainly had no idea it was attached at the hip to the AZ Repugnant with John Zidich and Sue Clark Johnson in honcho positions. I’ve just spent some time with the links provided in the post and see the folks at Seeing Red have done their homework. This alliance is very concerning. It just goes to show how disreputable these “institutes” can be. They sound good, but then we find they are really the newspaper in disguise.
Polls have to be reputable in order to be relevant and taken seriously. Merrill-Morrison Institute’s leave a whole lot to be desired. Thanks so much for cluing us in on who’s behind this group. If I stopped buying the newspaper because I don’t want slanted news, why would I take anything M-M has to say seriously? It’s the same exact cabal with the identical angle. They must think they have credibility because they are attached to ASU. So are the so-called journalists on KAET Channel 8’s Roundtable. From “moderator” Ted Simon through all of the lefties who spew the same lame-brain view of the state’s political scene, it is Democrat party line. I’ve had enough.
Another great expose of the scamming of Arizonans by academia and the left…..which is all the same thing.