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InsultComicDog

(1,209 posts) Sat Nov 10, 2012, 10:19 PM Nov 2012

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Nate's pollster ratings for 2012

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/10/which-polls-fared-best-and-worst-in-the-2012-presidential-race/?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-thecaucus

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Nate's pollster ratings for 2012 (Original Post) InsultComicDog Nov 2012 OP

So much for "skewed polls oversampling Democrats and underestimating Republican enthusiasm" Spider Jerusalem Nov 2012 #1

I have to wonder why Pharos wasn't counted InsultComicDog Nov 2012 #4

All of the GOP pollsters were last aaaaaa5a Nov 2012 #2

Gravis moved a lot towards the Dems in the last few weeks InsultComicDog Nov 2012 #3

Spider Jerusalem

(21,786 posts)

1. So much for "skewed polls oversampling Democrats and underestimating Republican enthusiasm"

Reply to InsultComicDog (Original post)

Sat Nov 10, 2012, 10:25 PM

Nov 2012

InsultComicDog

(1,209 posts)

4. I have to wonder why Pharos wasn't counted

Reply to Spider Jerusalem (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 10, 2012, 10:27 PM

Nov 2012

their Dem lean turned out to be no more than a lot of GOP leans for included polls

aaaaaa5a

(4,667 posts)

2. All of the GOP pollsters were last

Reply to InsultComicDog (Original post)

Sat Nov 10, 2012, 10:25 PM

Nov 2012

Ras, ARG, MSD, and Gallup. What a surprise.

PPP is suppose to be a democratic pollster. But they had a GOP lean to.

InsultComicDog

(1,209 posts)

3. Gravis moved a lot towards the Dems in the last few weeks

Reply to aaaaaa5a (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 10, 2012, 10:26 PM

Nov 2012

otherwise they'd be almost as bad as Gallup

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