re: #87 webevintage

I saw this over on Balloon Juice and was wondering if any other polling outfits break down their respondents by region?
Because Research 2000 (yes I know it is a poll paid for Daily KOS) breaks down Obama’s approval rating by region and only in the South does he actually have a low rating.

[Link: www.dailykos.com…]
BARACK OBAMA
FAV UNFAV NO OPINION
NORTHEAST……89 8 3
SOUTH… …26 70 4
MIDWEST……61 37 2
WEST……60 38 2
REST OF USA……69 29 2

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Here’s what they say:

A total of 2400 adults nationally were interviewed by telephone. A cross-section of calls was made into each state in the country in order to reflect the adult population nationally.

I will tell you that I have had a problem with their polls, because the adult population nationally is about 12-13% black. However, in the south it is double that, 30% or so, and in the town where I live, it’s actually very close to 50%.

If 30% of the population of many southern states is black, but calls into those states are polling only 12-13% in that state, then the poll numbers are not truly representative of “the south”.