Posted on 10/25/2008 4:32:57 PM PDT by Chet 99
November 9, 1989
THE 1989 ELECTIONS: PREDICTING THE OUTCOME; BROAD DISPARITIES IN VOTES AND POLLS RAISING QUESTIONS
By ANDREW ROSENTHAL, SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES
LEAD: Voter surveys for the elections Tuesday in Virginia and New York City produced widely divergent and largely inaccurate results, leaving poll takers divided over whether the survey methods were flawed or people simply lied about voting for a black candidate to avoid seeming biased.
Voter surveys for the elections Tuesday in Virginia and New York City produced widely divergent and largely inaccurate results, leaving poll takers divided over whether the survey methods were flawed or people simply lied about voting for a black candidate to avoid seeming biased.
The polls projected far greater margins of victory for black candidates in two major races than they actually received. The inaccuracies have provoked a renewed debate over the touchy issue of news organizations' use of election surveys, and they illustrate the difficulty of accounting for racial attitudes in campaign opinion research.
In New York, polls made public the day before the mayoral election gave David N. Dinkins leads of 14 percentage points (by The Daily News with WABC-TV) to 18 points (by The New York Observer). His actual margin of victory over Rudolph W. Giuliani was about 2 percentage points.
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Here it comes - Obama loss due to racism.
Is it just possible that Americans are not voting for Obozo because they don’t trust him and he is inexperienced???
This is exactly what I posted in 1989.
Personally, I don’t CARE why people vote against him. If it takes idiots in pointy hats to keep this evil, Marxist piece of zhit out of the White House, so be it...
Given all the people who have been threatened and intimidated by Barack Obama supporters, if somebody were to call my house out of the blue and asks me who I am going to vote for, I might be tempted to say Obama, out of fear that they are merely making a list of people to target.
I would be tempted for about a second... And then I would tell them that I am voting for McCain, and they can go to Hell!
I applaud the principle of being able to csst a “secret ballot.”
Poor, pitiful pollsters — they can’t see my ballot, and they have to take my word for it. ha ha
Exactly. If they want to riot, deal with it then.
Not to mention the "Sarah Palin" effect, where people are going to say they will vote for the Democrat but end up voting for the self-made everywoman in the election.
Not to mention the "Joe the Plumber" effect, where people are going to think long and hard about what will happen to their personal tax bill when their wealth is being spread around.
It's just a question of whether it's the same voter affected by all the effects, or different voters each with their own reason to confound the experts.
Maybe it’s the pollsters who are incompetent — or crooked.
2010 no more secret ballot.
Racism will NOT EVER be the reason for the demise of Obama. It’s his policies....duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....
This rag is about to endorse their "messiah," Barack Hussein Obama. So, when this is NATIONAL "NEWS", don't be surprised.
Arizona has 8 House seats. The People's Republic already has endorsed 6 Nazi Pelosi 'RATS. Only two Republicans. The Arizona Republic IS NOT a conservative newspaper. It's a Commie rag that no one in this state reads.
The Arizona People's Republic is recommending that the voters vote AGAINST the Marriage amendement, Prop 102. The Amendment will only change our constitution to read that marriage is between a male and a female. The Arizona Republic doesn't like that idea. THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC IS NOT A CONSERVATIVE newspaper.
Finally, the Arizona People's Republic has endorsed Sheriff Joe Arpaio's DEMOCRATIK opponent since this opponent does not agree with Sheriff Joe rounding up illegals and shipping them home to Central and South America.
When the MSM pops this EID on McCain/Palin (probably tomorrow), just remember. THE ARIZONA PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC IS A LEFTIST RAG AND IS NOT A CONSERVATIVE NEWSPAPER.
The best thing about this being brought up now and starting to make into the public conciousness:
THERE F’N GAME IS UP. DIDN’T WORK ASSWIPES. NOBODY NOWHERE HAS ANY CONFIDENCE IN YOUR “INEVITABILITY” BULLSHIT NO MORE. HA!
Well, I’m white and lemme say this.
This election has brought out some serious racist thoughts I didn’t know I possessed, but after hearing BHO, Rev. Wright, Louis Farrakan, etc., and having the MSM FORCE this candidate upon America and screaming that we are racist if we do not elect him, I am just SOOOO FED UP with all of it!
I’m feeling very angry and don’t give a CRAP whether or not any black person thinks I’m racist or not. I do not care and I’m starting to develop a REAL ATTITUDE. I’m hearing this a lot from my friends as well.
THis election has also driven a wedge between me and the black friends I thought I had. They have turned cold toward me when they’ve discovered I won’t vote for BHO.
He has DIVIDED this nation even more. We are fearful and very, VERY angry and the election is not even over.
Don’t be superficial. That is what the enemy wants you to be.
This is about black hearts, not brown skin.
I was polled by Rasmussen’s computer this afternoon. Stupid me, pushed the wrong key on my cell phone and said I was voting for 0bama. Got all the others right, but I missed the big questions. So its my fault if 0bama is ahead in Arizona. ;-)
THERE=THEIR Sorry
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