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ProSense

(116,464 posts) Tue Sep 25, 2012, 03:41 PM Sep 2012

LOL! Mitt's campaign whining about Ohio polls

Romney Campaign: Public Polls Are Wrong On Ohio

Romney campaign manager Rich Beeson said that the campaign's internal polling shows a much closer race in Ohio than the public polls suggest, according to a BuzzFeed story Tuesday. On Tuesday, a Washington Post poll showed Romney trailing Obama by 8 points in Ohio.

"The public polls are what the public polls are," Beeson said. "I kind of hope the Obama campaign is basing their campaign decisions on the public polls... I have great faith in our data."

Their data, he said, shows Romney "by any stretch, inside the margin of error in Ohio."

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BuzzFeed points to one possible reason for the discrepancy:

A campaign aide told BuzzFeed that their internal Ohio polls use a sample of "D+5" — meaning, Democrats represent five percentage points more respondents than Republicans. Most public polls are closer to D+8, or D+9. This could explain why the campaign believes the Ohio race is closer than is being reported.

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/romney-campaign-public-polls-are-wrong-on-ohio

The 2008 exit polls for Ohio: D-39 percent. R-31 percent. I-30 percent.

Still, Mittwits: Our data show Mitt isn't losing by that much!

Washington Post polls: Obama lead in Ohio, edge in Fla. hamper Romney path to victory
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021410952

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LOL! Mitt's campaign whining about Ohio polls (Original Post) ProSense Sep 2012 OP

Is Mittens using unskewed.com polls now? Jennicut Sep 2012 #1

I thought Mitt WAS the margin of error /eom dballance Sep 2012 #2

We don't need no Public Polling.... DearAbby Sep 2012 #3

Half the country, screw 'em. n/t ProSense Sep 2012 #4

Is Mitt hoping that KKKarl Rove will run the Ohio votes thru his private server farm again? diane in sf Sep 2012 #5

Yep, it's easy to have faith in your data if you know the outcome in advance. tanyev Sep 2012 #6

Jennicut

(25,415 posts)

1. Is Mittens using unskewed.com polls now?

Reply to ProSense (Original post)

Tue Sep 25, 2012, 03:44 PM

Sep 2012

Even if the weighting was a bit less Mitt would be down say 4 points as opposed to 8 points in the Washington Post poll. Mitt, you are still losing!

dballance

(5,756 posts)

2. I thought Mitt WAS the margin of error /eom

Reply to ProSense (Original post)

Tue Sep 25, 2012, 03:44 PM

Sep 2012

DearAbby

(12,461 posts)

3. We don't need no Public Polling....

Reply to ProSense (Original post)

Tue Sep 25, 2012, 03:46 PM

Sep 2012

We don't need fact checkers....They are living in an alternate reality. They could not run on reality. So they created a evil Obama, (empty chair) and they made up a campaign based it. Facts? What's that? Polling data? What's that?

Yet they believe the majority of the American people are hooked into their alternate reality...They are coming off as kooks (which is a good thing)