The only reason they are showing Bush ahead in the polls......

[Kerry in 04]

Is so people won't be so outraged when they steal the election. Plain and simple. People will just say, "well thats what the polls said too".

[flowomo]

1. what polls show Bush "ahead"? Not many left, dude

[jean]

2. maybe the net effect will be to drive up voter turnout: Advantage - Kerry

[knowbody0]

3. i fear this as well

we must be prepared for it to happen, but this time we will not have a quiet dirge.

[CO Liberal]

4. Or Perhaps, It's Being Done To Energize the Kerry Vote

:shrug:

[elehhhhna]

5. Pool Fraud MUST Precede Vote Fraud.

[Kahuna]

6. True. They did the same in 2000. They lied in 2000...

What makes me believe they aren't lying now?

[fugop]

7. Color me still naive but...

While I have no doubt the White House and many Repubs are out to steal this election, I don't think there's a grand conspiracy among the pollsters. THe bigger such a conspiracy becomes, the greater the possibility it gets found out.

No, I just think polls suck.

And I think this year, with any luck, we will finally see beyond a shadow of a doubt that polling is no longer reliable -- due to many, many factors (cell phones, caller id, answering machines, etc.) Can't happen soon enough, in my opinion.