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Obama Is the Worst American President

Really! - A Rejoinder to the Quinnipiac National Poll


By Ahmed Olayinka ule! "#A

Obama Is the Worst American President $ Really!
Ahmed Olayinka ule! "#A
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I *ould 9irst like to con&ratulate you and the Quinnipiac /ni0ersity on makin& &lobal
headlines as a result o9 the recent Quinnipiac National Poll! *hich re0ealed President
Obama as the *orst American President since World War II' I &uess you must all 9eel
a sense o9 accomplishment on this &round breakin& and headline &rabbin& sur0ey'
When I sa* the headline on "NN! I *as intri&ued *ith the 9indin&s and decided to
analy.e the sur0ey methodolo&y to check the robustness o9 the approach and the
0alidity o9 the conclusion' 4o*e0er! upon 9urther e:amination! I reali.ed that the
sur0ey *as not as robust as the headlines mi&ht su&&est'
4ere are my reasons'
#irst! the sample si.e used 9or the sur0ey is not representati0e enou&h to arri0e at
such a conclusion' In the sur0ey! you used a sample o9 7!;;6 re&istered 0oters
nation*ide *ho *ere sur0eyed o0er a si:-day period bet*een 1; <une 157; and =5
<une 157;' As at =5 <une 157;! the total / population *as =76!711!7;=' ,his
su&&ests that the sample si.e used *as 5'555;32;787=1> o9 the total /
population' #urthermore the sample period only co0ered se0en days out o9 the total
3!766 days since President Obama has been President' ,his translates to 5'7=33>
o9 his total tenure in o99ice'
econd! the research data does not re0eal the basis 9or selectin& the sample' It
*ould ha0e been bene9icial 9or users o9 the research to kno* the rationale 9or sample
selection so that they can be con9ident that there *as no bias in the selection' It
*ould help i9 in 9uture! i9 your or&ani.ation could pro0ide this sort o9 in9ormation'
,hird! the research 9ails to 9actor the economic status o9 the respondents' ,his
in9ormation is critical as certain &o0ernment policies and actions mi&ht be more
appealin& to certain socio economic &roupin&s relati0e to others and mi&ht thereby
in9luence the respondent?s assessment o9 the Obama Administration' A typical case
is President Obama@s healthcare policies'
#ourth! *hile the research classi9ies the responses alon& lines o9 the sample
characteristics such as party a99iliation! &ender and a&e distribution! one o9 the most
important classi9ications that could enable the reader to better appreciate the
responses has been omitted 9rom the conclusion i'e' RA"A' In short! the sur0ey
9indin&s is 9la*ed and compromised because it 9ails to account 9or and adjust 9or
racial bias'
Race is a topical issue in the /nited tates! *hich is a country that has a lon& history
o9 racial tensions and injustice startin& 9irst *ith the e:termination o9 the American
Indians and later the implementation o9 sla0ery *hich metamorphosed to <im "ro*
se&re&ation and is no* mani9ested in the 9orm o9 unconscious and institutional
racism' In addition! since President Obama is a black man presidin& o0er a majority
*hite populated country! the issue o9 race needs to be 9actored in such a sur0ey by
adjustin& 9or racial bias'
President Obama is the key 9eature in the 9indin&s o9 the study' ,o recap(
B ;3 per cent o9 the respondents say America *ould be better o99 i9 Republican +itt
Romney had *on the 1571 presidential election'
B 3; per cent o9 the respondents say the Obama Administration is not competent in
runnin& the &o0ernment'
B 3= per cent o9 the respondents disappro0e o9 the *ay Obama handles his job as
President'
B +ajority o9 the respondents &i0e President Obama ne&ati0e &rades 9or his
handlin& o9 the economy! 9orei&n policy! healthcare! the en0ironment and terrorism'
B #inally! accordin& to the respondents o9 the sur0ey! President Obama is the *orst
President in / history since World War II'
Cookin& at the racial distribution o9 the respondents! 2= percent o9 the respondents
*ere White! *hile 7=> and 2> *ere Black and 4ispanics respecti0ely *ith the
remainin& 2> classi9ied as others' With such a si&ni9icant bias in 9a0or o9 the *hite
respondents! it is hi&hly 9easible that the results o9 the study could be tilted to the
0ie*points o9 the *hite se&ment o9 the respondent sample' ,o adjust 9or racial bias!
one needs to analy.e each o9 the responses alon& the racial distribution o9 the
respondents' /n9ortunately! the study rele&ates this to an appendi:' In the main body
o9 the sur0ey *hich 9eatures prominently on the *ebsite! there is no analysis by racial
demo&raphics'
4o*e0er some additional in9ormation is pro0ided as an appendi: in a 9ile named
Additional "rosstabs! *hich includes data 9or the 9ollo*in& Duestion(
-o you appro0e or disappro0e o9 the *ay Barack Obama is handlin& his job as
PresidentE
,he response 9or this Duestion F*hich does not 9eature prominently on the *ebsiteG is
Duite re0ealin& and demonstrates the 9la* and racial bias in the study' 8= per cent o9
the black respondents 9elt President Obama *as doin& a &ood job *hile 75 percent
o9 blacks 9elt other*ise' #or the 4ispanics! ;2> 9elt he *as doin& a &ood job *ith
=H> disa&reein& and 7;> not ans*erin& the Duestion' In contrast! only == > o9 the
*hite respondents 9elt Obama *as doin& a &ood job *hile 62> o9 the *hites
sampled 9elt he *as not handlin& his job properly' Cike*ise President Obama ranks
as one o9 the best Presidents as 9ar as blacks and 4ispanics are concerned *hile
Presidents Bush! Ni:on Rea&an rank as *orst amon& the black respondents' In
short! the *hite respondents 9elt Obama *as incompetent *hile the non-*hite
respondents 9elt he *as competent'
,he abo0e clearly demonstrates that the conclusions o9 the study are color biased
and color-coded' ince no adjustment has been made 9or racial bias in the
conclusion! it *ould be more bene9icial i9 your or&ani.ation and the &lobal media
chan&ed the narrati0e as 9ollo*s Femphasis addedG(
7G Obama is the Worst American President since WWII as far as White Americans
are concerned'
1G White America feels that America *ould ha0e been better o99 i9 +itt Romney had
*on the election in 1571'
=G White America feels that the Obama Administration is not competent in runnin&
the &o0ernment'
;G Obama &ets negative votes from white Americans 9or his handlin& o9 the
economy! 9orei&n policy! health care! the en0ironment and terrorism'
3) Non-white Americans feel that President Obama is handlin& his job as President
*ell'
,his study has had the unintended conseDuence o9 hi&hli&htin& that America is
polari.ed alon& racial lines' W A -u Bois! the Black historian and sociolo&ist once
said that the problem o9 the ,*entieth "entury is the problem o9 the color line' It
seems that this problem is still in e:istence in the 17st century and this should be the
messa&e that needs to be relayed as headline ne*s around the *orld'
elah'
Iours 9aith9ully!
Ahmed Olayinka ule! "#A
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-isclosure o9 interest( Ahmed ule is an A9rican and is proud to be Black'
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