Posted on 09/27/2012 12:46:06 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
So much BS - party identification should be determined independently of the voting breakdown, and can be done dynamically by registration totals kept by the states or separate polls (Rasmussen says party identification for Republicans grew in both July and August and now is at its highest point ever at about 37% percent) - voting samples are then fit to the party identification data as adjusted for the expected turnout - contaminating party makeup with voter preferences is a mistake even a first year statistician would not make, and tells more about the methodolgocal sloppiness of Gallup than the state of the election.......
True, its human nature, it reminds me of fans of a sports team blaming the refs for a loss and folks point out that the game should never have been so close a decision of a ref could decide the outcome.
This race should not be close but the GOPe insisted on nominating a liberal, its not the polls fault the the politician running.
You're right. A very, very unconvincing argument from Gallup.
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