Re: Mushrraf's approval ratings is at 18%
Pakistan is country of over 160,000,000 people, btw.
I am sure you are familiar with the term statistical sample. Any time a survey is taken, you don't go and poll EVERYONE in the population. Honest sampling requires a representative sample of population. 1,663 is a pretty large number. The only question will be where was the survey taken. If it was focused in urban areas or did it include rural areas too. High quality surveyors include all factors in their sample selection.
Personally, 18% seems very high. By my count, apart from his cabinet (not all of whom support Musharraf either), there are only two people in the world who fully support Musharraf... Aalsi and Reza Pahlavi. So its 2/160,000,000 ... you do the math.