PEW report: polls are skewed partly because Democrat respondents are lying to pollsters

Coach is Right ^ | 10/16/2012 | Kevin "Coach" Collins

[LibFreeUSA]

You know what they say.... “Bullsh_t in....Bullsh_t out”

[kidd]

Pew also found that “likely voters” are not always telling the truth and point to the statistical impossibility of more “likely voters” in their surveys than actually recorded votes in recent elections.

I guess Pew hasn't been to Philadelphia or Chicago recently.

[ozzymandus]

Uh, gee, “Coach”, this sounds like an excuse for Obama’s falling numbers to me.

[FlingWingFlyer]

A lot of the ‘RATS claim to be republicans who served as a “sniper” in Iraq and voted for Bush. Twice.

[kidd]

Pew also found that “likely voters” are not always telling the truth and point to the statistical impossibility of more “likely voters” in their surveys than actually recorded votes in recent elections.

I guess Pew hasn't been to Philadelphia or Chicago recently.

[Red Steel]

Dems lie! News at 10 o’clock.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Oh yeah. Most of them claim to drive a “Honda” Prius also.

[Puppage]

Well, I guess I’ll stay home Nov. 6th

[Sacajaweau]

duh.............

[Da Coyote]

Hmmmm, democrats lie?

I’m shocked, shocked.

The next thing, you’ll be a’tellin’ me that Muslims lie too.

[TigerClaws]

Felons can’t vote.

[Pollster1]

As a professional, I am shocked, shocked I say, that lying is going on in these polls.

Trends are meaningful (see Rasmussen below), so long as the question wording is steady, but the absolute numbers are suspect. In particular, Republicans are likely to lie about their party, claiming to be Dems who hate the current sleazy liberal incumbent, while Dems are likely to lie about registration (and less often about their party). Despite all the lies, our product is useful for an educated consumer, it just is not the ground truth that many want it to be.

[fso301]

If your boss and the hierarchy of the place you work are rabid partisans and you receive a call from a “Pollster” whose calling name and number display as “Unknown Number”, how are you going to answer the questions?

[Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America]

Liberals lied, polls died.

[all the best]

There’s a nice balance here. Democrat politicians lie and Democrat voters lie. Makes perfect sense.

[Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America]

http://unskewedpolls.com/

[outofsalt]

Does Pew poll cemeteries?

[Navy Patriot]

...Pew has actually said unequivocally that some people who speak to pollsters lie!

Oh man, they caught me!

[yuleeyahoo]

I lie to them every time they interupt my dinner