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Rumours have been, that there is a force out there created by the Democratic National Committee, encouraging (strongly), Democrats to manipulate internet polls, immediately after the debates. This strategy seems to be working, and the left-leaning media, continues to report their "un-scientic" polls (as they call them) without dismissing them as they should. Even smaller political websites, such as www.rightliner.com, have been influenced dramatically, along with msnbc.com, cnn.com, etc. It is possible that an impression might be made by the left, that Kerry is in fact winning these debates - overwhelmingly, while in fact not doing so at all. This...

The Newsweek Poll was conducted almost entirely on Friday and Saturday morning. It didn't poll the Eastern and Central time zones on Friday night. Weekend polls like this usually undersample Republicans. Are we to believe that in the last month there has been more than a 6% net switch in partisan identification? That is what happened when you compare the internals. Independents stayed the same at 28% but Republicans dropped by 6% and Democrats went up by 6%. The article states, The debate erased the lead the Bush/Cheney ticket has held over Kerry/Edwards in the Newsweek Poll since the Republican...

That's the Way the Cocoon Crumbles!Can we panic now? By Mickey Kaus Updated Saturday, Sept. 4, 2004, at 2:12 PM PT OK, We'll Panic Later! crushkerry.com--blogging against interest--warns against putting too much faith in that Newsweek poll showing an 11 point Bush lead. Scott Rasmussen says the same about the similar Time poll. .. .Both polls oversampled Republican voters, the argument goes--which would mean that the actual Bush lead is much smaller than 11 percent. ... Update: Minuteman piles on--and he offers the obvious explanation: "proper Reps were at home watching their convention and answering the phone when pollsters called,...