[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.

[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.

[Mike Darancette]

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

[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.

[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...

[YaYa123]

Really appreciate this thread, explaining those outrageous numbers. Let's hope they scare Republicans into registering early....and often!

[Semper Paratus]

Heard Bill Schneider on CNN announce the poll and I thought he needed to change his depends on the spot.

[Professional]

I love how today Wes Clark leads Bush in polling. Of course, a random sampling of 10,000 folks would probably find that 85% have no FRICKING clue as to who Wes Clark is, what he did during his life, what political experience he has, etc...

So, somebody that virtually nobody knows, is going to beat GW? Yeah, right.

[Professional]

Poll 1000 people in Wyoming, then Poll 1000 people in Capitol Hill Seattle area. Results different? Yeah, I'd say so. Polling is like Wall Street research...

[MattAMiller]

I'd like to see a cite other than Barnes' say so. I suspect he's speaking of the numbers that pit Bush against the Democratic contenders. I'm pretty certain they only ask that question to people who are familiar with those candidates. And inevitiably that will favor Democrats since it's their own primary and they're going to be more aware of who the candidates are.

I trust Gallup for the President's approval ratings. But it is one of the lower polls so I suspect the error (And all polls have some error) has Bush a tad low. He's still got a lot to worry about though.

[tkathy]

If even half the people in the country consistently lied to the polls, we would take back our country from these manipulators. Lie to the polls!