POLLS APART: NUMBERS STILL 'ALL OVER THE MAP'

[tommcintyre]

http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/33050.htm

October 31, 2004 -- DES MOINES, Iowa — With only two days left until the presidential showdown, the latest polls show the race for the White House is still too close to call.

"We have numbers that are all over the map. And we'll know on Tuesday night who's right with their polls."

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<I probably should've added this originally.>

From my news archive (10-23):
http://www.independentmediasource.com/feature_archive.h...

http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/041022/225424_1.html
... Bush or Kerry - Are Pollsters Making the Connection? New CEA Survey Finds Consumer Shift to Cellular Phones, New Telephone Technologies Leave Millions out of Polling Process - Survey Finds Republicans More Likely To Respond To Phone Polls; Democrats More Likely To Screen Calls and Answer Most Calls At Home Using Cell Phone

<I pretty much stopped putting up polls after that; and in hindsight, I'm glad I did.>

[DemocratSinceBirth]

1. that's a crock of shit...

cept for the Newsweek poll, all the others including the ARG POll, the Zogby Poll, the WAPO Poll, and the FOX Poll are converging...


It's a pickem...


GOTV will determine the winner...


And even Newsweek is with the MOE but to the average Joe that's worthless...

[Comixfan]

2. Weekend polls

It's impossible to take the real pulse of the race from weekend polls. They are notoriously innacurate. My nails are bitten to the nub!!!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

We Democrats Have Done Everything We Can...

It's up to the voters and God...

[tommcintyre]

5. I think way to much stock is put in the polls period

[Dookus]

6. Why is that?

it's an assertion I see made on Free Republic all the time, with no explanation. Why is weekend polling less reliable than weekday?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. Becaus They Believe Dems Can't Afford To Go Out On Weekends...

I'd let one of them swin in my pool or ride with me in my G-35 as long as they promise to spit their chewing tobacco in a cup...

[unfrigginreal]

8. LOL

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[tommcintyre]

9. Different values I guess ;=}

[tommcintyre]

4. Prediction: Big story after the election: urban polls way off - read in:

From my news archive (10-23):
http://www.independentmediasource.com/feature_archive.htm

http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/041022/225424_1.html
... Bush or Kerry - Are Pollsters Making the Connection? New CEA Survey Finds Consumer Shift to Cellular Phones, New Telephone Technologies Leave Millions out of Polling Process - Survey Finds Republicans More Likely To Respond To Phone Polls; Democrats More Likely To Screen Calls and Answer Most Calls At Home Using Cell Phone

<I pretty much stopped putting up polls after that; and in hindsight, I'm glad I did.>

[0007]

3. One of the biggest whores in the U.S. for junior & crime family

is the New York Post

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