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NOM’s WA survey: From that ace polling firm, Just Trust Us Analytics
January 27, 2012, by Jeremy Hooper
Usually when an organization releases a survey, that organization will, you know -- release the survey. But not our dear, sweet NOM. That reliably deceptive crew is out this morning with a new "survey" from Washington state, which they want us all to believe is firm, fair, and trusted, despite their failure to present any of their backing data, or even the name of the firm that conducted the poll.
Here's NOM's release (as in press) about their release (as in they havent):
Olympia, WA—The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) today released a statewide survey that shows voters are not in favor of redefining marriage and want the Legislature to be working on other problems.
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When reminded that Washington State has a civil union law for gay couples, 57% of voters say it is not necessary to redefine marriage. 72% of voters think state lawmakers should work on other issues rather than same-sex marriage. A nearly identical number -71% of voters—believe the people should decide the marriage issue; only 9% think legislators should decide the matter.
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The survey found low job approval for both Governor Gregoire and the state Legislature. More people view Gregoire's job performance as only fair or poor (56%) as compared to excellent or good (34%). The numbers are even worse for the Legislature—66% say their job performance has been only fair or poor while just 17% say they have done an excellent or good job.
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As we all know, NOM has in the past relied on less-than-trustworthy firms. Sometimes it's Lawrence Research, whose Prop-8-supprting head once positioned same-sex marriage as a battle between "Lucifer" and "the Creator's plan." NOM's also used the services of QEV Analytics, a firm entrenched in GOP establishment politics. And there a host of other NOM-trusted outlets that all come with their own reasons to raise skeptical eyes.
Oh, and we know that their calls in Washington and elsewhere are heavily skewed. The goal is always advocacy, not accuracy.
So on what bag of tricks did NOM trade to get these supposed results? Well we won't know for sure until NOM actually does release their findings in the way such findings must be released. Even when that happens, I'm certain this survey won't be worth the weight of the digital paper it's printed on. But until that happens, the whole thing is just rhetorical nonsense.