Here's what happened in the CBS Poll:

[Teaser]

From TPMElectionCentral:

"Oh my god. Does Eric even read the crosstabs? Do you want an explanation for what happened since the last poll?
They changed their party ID. They decreased Independents by 5 pts (which Obama is winning) and raised Repub by 5 points. Slight of hand party for such a shift in two day period. People please look at the stats."

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/09/poll_obamas_lead_disappears_in.php#comment-3079137

[rufus dog]

1. Good work Teaser

[book_worm]

2. I wondered if that was the case.

[d_b]

3. you shouldn't have to look into it

the idea that obama is at 42% is a joke. If they want to pretend it's a horse race, show it tied at 46 or 47.

[skooooo]

4. ..

:kick:

[Beetwasher]

5. They've Been Doing This ALOT Lately To Manipulate The Data To Favor McCain

n/t

[melody]

6. Perfect example of cooking stats n/t

[Franks Wild Years]

7. Some of the daily polls confuse me, too...

A few times I've noticed the gender gap being spun oddly in the numbers. For instance, in one last week Obama was up by around 4 despite having a 13 point advantage amongst women and a deficit of only 6 amongst men - Odd, considering women out-vote men in general by anywhere from 4 to 8 percent.

[WhiteTara]

8. funny...we keep registereing cross over

Republicans :rofl:

[writes3000]

9. Can Someone Explain This To Me?

Do they just randomly question 1,000 people and let the rest of the percentages fall where they may?

Otherwise, I don't get why these numbers would change so significantly over 7 days.

Anyone?