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To: WebFocus

lol....a rat wing hit piece on Rasmussen by the NYSlimes...

nowhere in the article or their calculations does it seem they take into account if the pollster correctly called the winner of the election- just the moe...

if PPP called the ohio govenor race for Strickland by +2 they come away with a score for this table of -4...

if Rassmussen called the race for Kasich by +7 he comes away from with a score of -5....

Kasich won by +2


12 posted on 11/05/2010 10:55:50 AM PDT by God luvs America (When the silent majority speaks the earth trembles!)
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To: God luvs America

Overstating a candidate’s numbers, even if the outcome is called correctly, is still biased polling. In 1996, the pollsters correctly predicted Clinton would win — but many were wildly off (in Clinton’s favor) on his margin.


18 posted on 11/05/2010 11:06:59 AM PDT by Chet 99
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