Pew Poll: 57% approves the way Obama is handling the situation in Egypt

[impik]

Americans do not have a clear point of view about how the massive anti-government protests in Egypt will affect the United States. More than half (58%) say the protests will not have much of an effect (36%), or offer no response or are noncommittal (22%). Of the minority that thinks the protests will have an effect on the U.S., nearly twice as many say their impact will be negative rather than positive (28% vs. 15%).

This lack of agreement notwithstanding, a majority (57%) says the Obama administration is handling the situation in Egypt about right, while much smaller numbers say the administration has shown too much support (12%) or too little support (12%) for the protestors.
The survey finds that majorities of Democrats (69%) and independents (57%) say the Obama administration is handling the situation in Egypt about right; fewer Republicans (43%) give the administration positive ratings. Roughly equal numbers of Republicans say the administration is showing too much support (19%) and too little support (15%) for the protesters.


http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1886/poll-egypt-protests-impact-united-states-obama-support

[bluestateguy]

1. I can't imagine anybody else doing so

Sarah Palin? She couldn't find Egypt on a map.

Mittens Rommney? He couldn't even clean up the corruption riddled Olympics.

[DeSwiss]

2. The poll should first ask:

"Could you find Egypt on a map?"

[Arkana]

3. Holy shit I just got that Fox News joke.

I did not even see that. What the fuck? Do they even bother vetting these people or do they just pick up random guys handing out leaflets on the streetcorner?

[Dokkie]

4. lol

Its Iraq instead of Egypt. I guess its ok when you are dealing with faux news. :)

[rpannier]

7. Iraq is one of those pliable countries

One day it's Iraq
The next it's Egypt
Then it's moved over to where Iran is (Let us not foirget we were told that by Fox Experts that Iraq was on the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan at one point)

[Beacool]

5. Isn't that a map of NY state?

:eyes:

[zulchzulu]

6. 45% of Fox viewers couldn't point to where Iraq was on a map. Why?

Look at the map!

[tsuki]

8. I thought 57% of Americans had little or no knowledge of what is

going on in Egypt? Wasn't that a previous poll?

[tekisui]

10. Yeah, most of the US has paid no attention.

So, unless this poll asked only those who have paid attention, it is largely irrelevant.

[Moosepoop]

11. From the link in the OP:

The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted Feb. 2-7, 2011 among 1,385 adults, finds that nearly half (48%) say they have heard a lot about the anti-government protests in Egypt; about the same proportion (52%) reports hearing little or nothing.

[FrenchieCat]

9. Obama is handling it perfectly....which is why progress is happening

and the media is attempting to make our administration look bad for their part in the process, when things couldn't be further from the truth.

Obama is earning his Nobel Peace Prize, and there ain't shit that our media and the RW think tanks can do about it.