Entertainment Poll in a Recent Poll Teens

Entertainment Poll

In a recent poll teens between the ages of 12 to 17 who were polled. In the poll 69% said that they believed it was legal to copy a CD from a friend who had purchased the original. Only 21% said that it was legal to copy such a CD if the friend got the music for free. 58% felt it was legal to copy the friend's purchased videotape or DVD. 19% thought copying was legal if the film was not purchased ("Is copying a," 2011) . The entertainment industry feels that this will cost them billions of dollars in lost revenue.

Political Poll

The first poll is a Gallup poll that deals with popular attitudes about George Bush, and Barack Obama. In the poll, a majority rated President Obama "about the same" or "worse" than George W. Bush, according to a new Gallup poll. It polled a random sample of 1004 adults who were asked to compare two presidents. In terms of results, 4% said that Obama was a worse president than George W. Bush. 22% said Obama was approximately the same. A 43% plurality said that they preferred Obama's handling of the presidential office (Jones, 2011) .

The Gallup poll was conducted Sept. 15-18 and possesses an error margin of plus or minus 4 percentage points. It did not specify the criteria for comparing the two presidents. Many results were predictable. Democrats were the most supportive of the President. Republicans favored former President Bush in the poll. Responses from independent voters are the most worrisome for Obama: disturbingly, 67% say that they considered him the same or worse than Bush (ibid).

Such findings point up the challenges Obama will face in a run for a second term. Many voters are dissatisfied with the direction of the U.S. And their own dire economic situations concerning money losses and unemployment. Earlier in the week, a separate Gallup poll conducted found for the first time that a slight majority of Americans (53%) blame Obama now for the nation's economic troubles. Previously, most respondents did not blame Obama. But Bush as bearing most responsibility for the recession (ibid).

Another poll on Obama is showing that his likeability is keeping him afloat as president. The Associated Press-GfK poll showed that 8 in 10 people felt that Obama was a likable person. Slightly more than half said of the respondents said he understands ordinary people's problems. Among those polled who said the United States is going in the wrong direction, 43% possessed a favorable opinion of the Obama. This was 10 points higher than his job approval rating among that group (Wyatt, 2004).

It appears to the author that the second poll has the most validity. It has a safe number of 1004 for poll population (Jones, 2011). Even if the results are skewed to support an agenda, some accurate results can be gleaned from it.

Part 2 Overview

Based upon the political poll, 1000 seems to be a safe amount for a poll sample (Jones,2011). Based upon the three polls sampled, one can tell if the sampling organization has an agenda. The two polls on President Obama probably reflect a bias in his favor. Most of the people quoted were Democrats or from the Democratic Party (Jones, 2011).. In the entertainment poll, the poll quoted heavily from the Recording Federation of America, who would have the most to lose from pirating of DVD recordings (Wyatt, 2004). One must be skeptical about what one reads.

This Authors Study

Charts

Video Pirating- ages of sample 12 to 17 years old

Legal to copy CD from friend who got music for free. 21%

Legal to copy the friend's purchased videotape/DVD

58%

Copying was legal if the film was not purchased