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The most pointless poll of the day

A handful of times every year, I have to roll my eyes at a poll, as I think to myself, "What was the point of that exactly?" That very thing happened just this morning as I read a headline regarding a Reuters poll, which said, "Fictional TV Presidents Are More Popular Than President Barack Obama, Poll Finds." Oh, it just gets better (worse) from there.

According to this poll, here's how the presidents' (real or fictional) approval ratings stand at this very moment:

David Palmer (from the show 24): 89%

Jed Bartlet (The West Wing): 82%

Laura Roslin (Battlestar Galactica): 78%

Fitzgerald "Fitz" Grant (Scandal): 60%

Frank Underwood (House of Cards): 57%

Barack Obama (the actual president): 46%


Yeah, based on this poll, expect to see the following headlines from future Reuters polls:

- "Animated animals more popular than Congress"

- "If he were on the ballot, Santa Claus would be our next president"

- "Americans would rather have a beer with the Easter bunny than Ted Cruz"

- "The Tooth fairy is more socialist than Bernie Sanders"

- "John McCain and Stewie tied atop the most likely to start World War 3"


Here's my headline: "Laffy Taffy releases a more worthwhile poll than Reuters"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/23/fictional-tv-presidents-poll_n_6921096.html
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