Comments on: Poll: Americans Don’t Think More Drilling Will Lower Gas Prices

By: Why Oil Will Not Be the Wedge Issue Republicans Want it to Be : Red, Green, and Blue

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:15:46 +0000

[...] I don’t get it. If Americans don’t believe an uptick in domestic oil drilling will have any appreciable effect on consumer gas prices, why are Republicans hammering away with these catchphrases? PR [...]

By: fornetti

fornetti — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:06:54 +0000

I do not believe this

By: اشپز

اشپز — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:19:28 +0000

Excellent! Godd news. I hope more people hear about this

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By: CombatsSoul

CombatsSoul — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:29:43 +0000

The globe is thanking those that oppose further drilling for oil. In my opinion gas prices SHOULD be kept high. We need to drive less and look toward greener options!!

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:00:39 +0000

A refreshing poll, given that the media keeps saying American DO want to see more drilling. It amazes me that nobody seems to dispute the fact that we are in this fix because the world is running out of oil, yet people still want to guzzle fossil fuels for the next few years, instead of shifting to the renewable energy resources that are more clearly now than ever an inevitability. Also, this ANWR push is a racket. Oil companies are currently only using 20 of the 90 million productive acres of land they have on lease. We shouldn't drill more, but if we do, hit those areas up instead of ANWR or other sensitive coastal areas (see This Is Not a Drill).

By: Santa Fe Kate

Santa Fe Kate — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:36:02 +0000

Clearly some people don't understand how statistics work! All the polls you EVER see are based on a fairly small sample. You only need 1,024 representatively selected Americans to accurately reflect American opinion. For example, all those presidential polls you see are based on samples of this same size….In a phone poll, representation can be accomplished by randomly selecting phone numbers in different states, and calling at different times of the day so that you find different people at home. Sometimes, a pollster will ask you the ages of people in your household and not pursue the poll if that age group or gender/age group or whatever other distribution category they're using is full. Clearly a poll that looks at a larger sample is "more accurate", but the slight increase in predictive accuracy is vastly offset by the increased cost of a larger sample, so most polls stick with the smaller number.