A few weeks ago, former Gallup Poll senior editor David Moore appeared on On The Media to talk about how "polls inaccurately portray a consensus on issues the public often knows little or nothing about."
When asking respondents to choose between two options, pollsters force people to make a snap judgment on subjects they may have never before considered, and then present the findings as if these on-the-fly assessments are actually deeply held beliefs, Moore explained.
So with that in mind, here's a hearty thumbs up for the recent NBC/Wall Street Journal poll which asked Americans for their opinion on the bailout plan.
Here are the results:
33 percent disapprove of the plan.
31 percent approve of it
28 percent have no opinion
Hurray for ambiguity. Hurray for shades of gray.
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