The Languish Obama Approval Poll

[derspiess]

But what if I approve of some things, and disapprove of other, but some of the things I approve of I only mildly approve of, but some of the things I don't approve of I really don't approve of, while still other things that I may approve or disapprove of strongly aren't really that important?

Don't overthink it.  If you can't fairly quickly come up with an overall approval or disapproval of the job he's done, then you Jaronove.

How do I balance my mild approval of his handling of Libya with my strong disapproval of his choice in ties?

That's up to you.  To me, a choice in ties would not factor into what kind of job I think he's done as president, but if it's important to you, have at it.

And how does my approval of his historical actions fit into my opinion about his current actions? Should I weigh his decimation of dogs as youth more or less than his friendship with America hating religious fanatics?

Objectively, I don't think any of that has to do with your approval or disapproval of the job he's done as president.  If you're incapable of evaluating him as prez without factoring that stuff in, then so be it.  But the poll question did not ask about historical stuff-- just approval of the job he's done as President.

The poll clearly needs a lot more options. Like 60 more.

And results from such a poll would be useless.

edit: Having said that, I may do a Rasmussen-style poll and ask for Strongly/Somewhat Approve/Disapprove, giving 5 possible options including Jaronove.

[Sheilbh]

But what if I approve of some things, and disapprove of other, but some of the things I approve of I only mildly approve of, but some of the things I don't approve of I really don't approve of, while still other things that I may approve or disapprove of strongly aren't really that important?

How do I balance my mild approval of his handling of Libya with my strong disapproval of his choice in ties?

And how does my approval of his historical actions fit into my opinion about his current actions? Should I weigh his decimation of dogs as youth more or less than his friendship with America hating religious fanatics?

The poll clearly needs a lot more options. Like 60 more.

[grumbler]

Approval ratings are pretty standard.

Indeed. And the standard is nothing like this poll. 

[CountDeMoney]

Approval ratings are pretty standard.

Indeed. And the standard is nothing like this poll. 

I'm not too sure Languish is designed to fit within a proper public policy analysis matrix.

[garbon]

Approval ratings are pretty standard.

Indeed. And the standard is nothing like this poll. 

I'm not too sure Languish is designed to fit within a proper public policy analysis matrix.

[derspiess]

Approval ratings are pretty standard.

Indeed. And the standard is nothing like this poll. 

How's that?

[grumbler]

Approval ratings are pretty standard.

Indeed. And the standard is nothing like this poll. 

I'm not too sure Languish is designed to fit within a proper public policy analysis matrix.

I am quite sure that the design had no such purpose.  Luckily, that is irrelevant to the standard approval rating poll format.

In retrospect, though, I realize that, since this poll was intended only to inform Spicey as to the accuracy of his prejudices, it only needs to be as accurate as he feels necessary.  If it is too crude to inform anyone else; well, it wasn't intended to do that.  I withdraw my earlier criticism, and just note that I am sorry to have participated in this exercise.

I would hope that people interested in polling languish for the purposes of informing the poll-takers as well as the poll-creators will create a poll that has some subtlety and, thus, utility.  And I would hope that future languish poll-takers will look at polls like this one and just say, "no thanks; Homey don't play this game."

[derspiess]

[The Brain]

I don't know. Is the glass half white or half black?

[Capetan Mihali]

I'd rather watch Putin sing "Blueberry Hill" again

I'd rather watch that than pretty much anything.

[Valmy]

Odd that Obama neglects to offer any suggestions as to where the money will come from.

Pretty sure Obama has places he would suggest.  But that will be an area the Republicans refuse to transfer any money from, like the military or something, and then refuse.  Obama can then blame them and they will blame him and business as usual.