Gallup has * up 6 pts in MA???????????????????

[Got WMD]

53-47 over Kerry in a poll of 800 registered republicans, 4 democrats and 7 independents. The head of Gallup polling stood by the results saying the percent of rep vs. dem has no bearing on the legitimacy of the poll.

Face it... Kerry will be lucky to match McGovern.

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[Got WMD]

2. not a troll, just a joke...

[endnote]

5. stupid joke though.

[Got WMD]

6. Sorry to further ruin your day endnote :-(

[GOPNotForMe]

18. I think the pressure of the election being so close

is really bringing out the worst in people on DU. Everyone's a Freeper now. *couch McCarthyism cough*

[Cha]

10. I got the joke ..but we do have trolls so

we are weary..

Gallop's reasoning is for shit.

EDIT~ To say..Welcome to DU!

[AlCzervik]

11. the 800 republicans made me chuckle

[jmowreader]

15. And a very good joke at that

In a poll with 800 registered Repugs and 8 registered Democrats, Bush only pulled a six-percent lead?

Obviously Bush is not pissing off enough people!

[JohnnyCougar]

3. he/she is being sarcastic

[mzmolly]

4. LOL

:hi: Welcome

[cubsfan forever]

7. Very good spoof!

You show how stupid the Gallup poll is. Check out Moveon.org and see what they have to say about Gallup, although you are probably way ahead of me on this; I don't mean to be presumptuous.

Professor 2

[wryter2000]

12. Welcome to DU

:hi:

[wryter2000]

8. Welcome to DU

:hi:

I thought your joke was pretty funny.

[Bleacher Creature]

9. Damn!

I guess I'll just stay home and not vote.

I really wanted to vote for Kerry, but it doesn't seem like he has a chance anymore now that I read this poll.

[joeybee12]

13. I had to read it twice--didn't see that the 800 were Repukes, not simply..

...registered voters!


Yeesh!

[richmwill]

14. Haha

Thanks for the laugh, I really needed it. And welcome to DU!

[Bluebear]

16. OK darn good "gotcha"!

Welcome to DU!

[waldnorm]

19. Posted in a Newsgroup in 2000 . . .

Today's CNN/USA Today/Gallup tracking poll has suddenly changed the
presidential race, with just a little over a week before the election.

In a sudden turn of events, those polled suddenly changed their minds and are
now saying they are switching their votes to Nader and Buchanan. 45 % of them
polled now say they will be voting for Green Party candidate, Ralph Nader and
41% now say they will vote for Reform Party candidate, Pat Buchanan. Votes for
other candidates include 3% for John Haeglin, 2% for Harry Browne, 1% each for
Bush and Gore, and the rest, undecided. Some say they plan to write in "the
deceased Pat Paulsen" as their choice.

Statistics show that a whopping 97% of Anglo-Saxon born-again Evangelical
Christian men who believe English should be the only language allowed to be
spoken in public in the United States are going for Buchanan while 92% of
African American lesbians with PHD college degrees in Environmental Studies who
believe an immediate ban of fossil fuels cars and tax incentives for voters who
buy electric cars are going for Nader.

"Idealism is now what matters," said Dolores, a suburban housewife. "And to be
honest, I'm just tired of seeing both of the same faces. I
mean who made them presidents by birth, anyway?"

It is too early to see if this is a new momentum for the third party candidates
or not. But this is only the average of the last three days which as of
yesterday Bush held 52% and Gore 43%.

Said representatives from both parties, "Well, this poll has been showing wild
swings, lately." But anyone could tell in pre-empted programs of the 'O Reilly
Factor and CrossFire and the PBS' Four Hour McLaughlin Group-athon that all
pundits, pollsters, and Gore-Bush representatives alike look worried, afraid
they may be branded as fools.

This sudden change has already made other candidates for the Senate and House
scrambling. Incumbent Republican Slade Gorton in Washington, a strong Nader
state, has already redefined his message and is stating his full embrace of
Nader's policies if he should be re-elected. Chuck Robb, meanwhile, has
embraced Buchanan's policies of isolationism and said he is willing to work
with Buchanan in sorting out differences of opinion on social issues. "By
nature, I'm willing to work with a multi-partisan administration," he
explained. "You won't be hearing that from my opponent," Allen, who still
endorses Bush even though he now critizes him for a phrase that has never made
sense: "compassionate conservatism." Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton has announced
her party switch to Green, without even telling her husband, and John McCain
now has decided to play "spoiler" and is urging his supporters to vote a
straight libertarian ticket.

The survey of 538 likely voters taken from the sample of places such as San
Francisco, CA and Lynchburg, VA was taken on the dates of Oct. 30-32 and has an
error of 17.56679 +/- percentage points.

[whalerider55]

17. I knew George McGovern....

and John Kerry is no George McGovern.

welcome to DU.
Great spoof.

whalerider55

[DuaneBidoux]

20. I thought the joke ROCKED

Yea' maybe a bit subtle when hormones are a raging but dig the margin of victory, in a poll with all Repuks. And obviously (or not perhaps to someone who thought this was a troll?) is the absolute knock down of Gallup.

[SidDithers]

21. Good post :)

Welcome to DU :hi:

Sid

[Longgrain]

22. 800 registered repugs for shrub...

that seems about right. That seems all smirk-boy is going to get in my home state.:toast: