Posted on 05/30/2004 7:14:23 AM PDT by grumblibear
A Quinnipiac University, CT poll released on Thursday, May 27, shows that Kerry has reversed his standings vis-a-vis George Bush, and pulled even with statistically as the choice of Pennsylvania voters.
Whereas an April poll showed Bush leading Kerry by 45 to 39 percentage points, the May poll shows Kerry pulling even with Bush at 44 to 41 percentage points.
Bush lost the state of Pennsylvania in the 2000 election, as well.
"Bush also lost the state of Pennsylvania in 2000 as well."
How could Bush possible win if 110% of voters in certain precincts voted for Gore?
I defy anyone to diagram that sentence and explain what it means.
A Quinnipiac University, CT poll released on Thursday, May 27, shows that Kerry has reversed his standings vis-a-vis George Bush, and [has] pulled even with [him] statistically as the choice of Pennsylvania voters.
Ok, Bush was leading 45 to 39. He now leads Kerry 44 to 41. And this is reversing the standings how?
Thank you for editing it.
Quinnipiac University always seem very liberally slanted.
Is there a website anywhere that examines polls for their accuracy based on post election results, so that you know how much of a fudge factor each pollster adds for their guy?
If there isn't, there should be.
Went back to the source and read the article. Kerry is at 44 to Bush's 41. Its a poll of 701 registered voters. Take it for what its worth.
If the worst of the Iraq news is behind us, and the economy keeps humming, W still has a shot at PA in November.
"Ok, Bush was leading 45 to 39. He now leads Kerry 44 to 41. And this is reversing the standings how?"Well, this is new liberal math, ya know...
"How could Bush possible win if 110% of voters in certain precincts voted for Gore?
That never happened. This little nugget has been debunked about 500 times on FR."
Yeah, well, don't forget that, magically, 90% of eligible voters turned out in Philadelphia - and went 95% for Gore....
I love how these pollsters have so much faith in their numbers. It is all noise and they sell it as fact. What a joke. BUSH 2004 Because we must!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just a reminder of how to read ratspeak.
In ratspeak if the Republican is ahead of the rat by 4 or less points, its too close to call. If the rat is ahead by a quarter of a point, he is pulling away. If a rat is up anything from 1/2 point to 4 points he is pulling away and the race is over.
ratspeak is a predictable as stories aboout a politician getting arrested. When the guy's party is only mentioned on the jump page, you don't have to look. When it's a Republican the guy's party is mentioned in the headline.
But none of us notice this because after all, we're conservatives and conservatives are not too bright anyway. Just ask any rat professor in a big liberal factory school, he'll tell you.
Read it again, Hayek. Kerry leads Bush by 3%, 44% to 41%.
Statistically, this may be interpreted as so close as to be "even", given the margin of error typical of most polls.
Please let me know if you need further explanation.
The sentence was written by a giddy college graduate, who can't take criticism, who was deleriously happy at the news that a Bush 44-Kerry 41 lead is 'turning the tables.'
Forget about poll sfor a few months....just for the fun of it.
Again, the original post and the linked story clearly indicate that Kerry is leading Bush, 44 to 41, in Pennsylvania.
I don't see why you have to stoop to childish insults, such as describing the author as a "giddy college graduate" who is "delerious". But then you can't seem to get your facts straight about the poll figures, so perhaps your opinion isn't much more valuable than your reading comprehension?
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