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2016 Postmortem

Ashleyshubby

(81 posts) Tue Aug 28, 2012, 10:02 AM Aug 2012

Nate Silver criticizes two Michigan pollsters

In short, two pollsters have inflated Romney's numbers in Michigan, as explained below:

1) Republican pollster Steve Mitchell is using an unusually small number of African Americans in his polls, and
2) Pollster Foster McCollum White Baydoun uses methodology " likely to produce extremely Republican-leaning results" whether it's in Florida (where Romney lead Obama by a ridiculous 15% in their latest poll) or Michigan (where Romney leads by 4% in this poll).

Excellent article that you should read here.