The Frustration Index: What's Bugging America

[Valin]

ABC News:

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GARY LANGER, ANDREW RABINOWITZ, DANIEL MERKLE

Starting today on Good Morning America, ABC News is reporting a new measure of public discontent in this country, something we're calling America's Frustration Index. The bottom line: Fueled by political and economic discontent alike, it's running high.

The Frustration Index: Full Analysis and Charts

We've created this index by combining four central measures in public attitudes in ABC News/Washington Post polls – views of the president's job performance, ratings of the national economy, anti-incumbent sentiment and dissatisfaction with the way the government's working.

See the Full Analysis of Our Latest Political Poll Here

Each of these components correlates with broader public sentiment; they're closely aligned, for instance, with views on whether the country is headed in the right direction or seriously off on the wrong track....(Snip)

[Argyle58]

Wow, someone in the MSM is finally taking note. Looking at the data it appears that everyone but the Free Lunchers and the Loony Left are angry.

 

I wonder if this will result in some fair reporting, or an attempt at pacification?

[Pepper]

 

 

 

Any index that mentions Cronbach's Alpha always has my full attention.

[NCTexan]

Wow, someone in the MSM is finally taking note. Looking at the data it appears that everyone but the Free Lunchers and the Loony Left are angry.

One problem: the MSM are mostly one in the same as the Loony Left.

[Pepper]

NCTexan, Argyle, Valin

 

Related

 

Misery Index = Unemployment rate + Inflation rate

 

 

For Obama, the Misery Index is (12.14) = Unemployment rate (9.9) + Inflation rate (2.24)

 

Misery Index Wikipedia

 

Misery Index By Year

 

Obama is either doing exceedingly well or poorly, depending upon where you stand.

[Argyle58]

NCTexan, Argyle, Valin

 

Related

 

Misery Index = Unemployment rate + Inflation rate

 

 

For Obama, the Misery Index is (12.14) = Unemployment rate (9.9) + Inflation rate (2.24)

 

Misery Index Wikipedia

 

Misery Index By Year

 

Obama is either doing exceedingly well or poorly, depending upon where you stand.

 

Considering that the misery index has increased by 4.51 in a year and a half, Zero is on track to exceed Carter's poor performance.

Nixon did worse, but he had six years to screw up.

[NCTexan]

Looking at the latest Gallup Obama Approval demographics...

... the split between those who Approve and Disapprove continues to polarize.

 

Groups that most strongly Approve and Disapprove with the gap percentage:

 

Female / Male (7% difference)

Age 18-29 / Age 50-64 (9%)

Black / White (51%)

Post Grad / Some College (11%)

Under $24k income / $60-$100k income (14%)

Seldom attend church / Attend weekly (13%)

Single / Married (12%)

 

I used Gallup's demographics to construct these two profiles:

 

Most likely OH-Bama profile: Young black female who is single, never attends church and doesn't make anything even with her advanced degree.

 

Most likely NO-Bama profile: Middle-aged married white man who attends church and used his college to get a solid job. He pays taxes and thinks of himself as middle class, but is considered rich by the Left and unfairly advantaged...needs to be taken down a notch.

[Guest AnneV]

Think, think, think....what's on my Frustration Index?!?!?

 

Top three:

#3: Obummer got elected

#2: Obummer is acting like a little tin-pot dictator, riding roughshod over the country and eroding the constitution.

#1: It isn't November 2012 --yet!