FRED BARNES-today said: Latest Gallup Poll was 47-48% Democrat and Democrat leaning sample

Brit Hume Special Report | September 23,2003 | Fred Barnes

[Lady In Blue]

I heard Fred Barnes say today on Special Report during the panel discussion that the latest Gallup Poll was done on a weekend and that the sample was 47-48%! I read a day or so ago that it was a weekend poll but I hadn't heard that the sample{Democrat)was that large. Can anybody add to what Fred said or from another source about this poll? Thanks.

[Pikamax]

http://www.andrewsullivan.com/


Sullivan picked up on that as well.

"BY THE WAY: Do most national polls have 48 percent Democrats, like the CNN/USA Today poll? It seems pretty loaded in that direction to me. Where are all the Independents?"

[garbanzo]

Telephone polls are worthless. Only people who participate are lonely and/or bored.

[republicanwizard]

GO FRED! ALWAYS GOOD NEWS!

[mikeb704]

You may wish to look at:
http://www.pollingreport.com/cong2004.htm

Michael M. Bates: My Side of the Swamp

[MasonGal]

I heard him say that on the show, as well. He said something about the fact that those types of polls are done on weekends when more Dems are home...etc.

[Lady In Blue]

Thanks,Pikamax! I'll check out your link.

[PhiKapMom]

With caller ID, the telephone poll sampling is getting worse by the day. If I don't know someone, I don't answer!

[cookcounty]

"Telephone polls are worthless. Only people who participate are lonely and/or bored."

And yet that's how polling is done nowadays.

[Pearls Before Swine]

If I don't know someone, I don't answer!

A typically conservative attitude. No wonder these polls are so screwy. I don't talk to pollsters either.

[Dog Gone]

With caller ID, the telephone poll sampling is getting worse by the day. If I don't know someone, I don't answer!

Well, that explains why I thought you are never home.

[Lady In Blue]

You could be right, all I know is that I've never been polled. I guess I'm not the only one. I've never heard of anybody that I know that's ever been polled either.

[Luis Gonzalez]

I've had this weird thought buzzing around my head for days, I don't think we really have all these Democratic presidential candidates out there. It bothers me that they are rarely critical of each other, and spend damned near their entire time beating on Bush.

These guys are actually assassins, chipping away at Bush, and trying to figure out whether the president could be beaten or not, and weakening him as much as possible in the meantime.

I don't think we've seen the real Democratic candidate yet.

[Mike Darancette]

Be thou of stout heart, there are many shoes to drop between now and November 2004.

[Lady In Blue]

Thanks for the info.

[Pubbie]

"Howard, Isn't Fred Barnes a liar, part of the Washington Ideologues, The Hardliners; The War-Hawks, The Neocons? - HAH!"

[Diverdogz]

Its WAAAAAY too early to get worked up over these polls. There is tons of news that will happen between now and November '04 - and the final news cycle that happens within 72 hours of the election will have a huge impact.

Besides, the public hasn't even begun to analyze the platform of whatever the dumbocrat running against Bush has to offer. Relaxxxxxx.

[Lady In Blue]

Thanks,MasonGal for confirming what I heard him say. It sure made me feel better,especially since I hadn't heard the part about the sample.

[woofie]

Weekend polls are bad as all the Republicans are at the golf course,tennis club,summer home ,or on their yachts.... where as the Dems are at home trying to get their relatives to return the $15.00 they stole, so they pay last June's rent...

[jraven]

Polls are worthless. The only polls that matter are the polls on election day (or polls who say whichever candidate I like and support are ahead -- then it is a GOOD POLL to site here and anywhere else).