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Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 11:51 AM Jun 2014

Cantor's pollster's track record

He's the number one pollster for the GOP........ and his website is down right now......LOL

http://mclaughlinonline.com/



How did Cantor's pollster, veteran Republican survey-taker John McLaughlin, get the historic race so terribly wrong?

Eric Cantor's Pollster Tries to Explain Why His Survey Showed Cantor Up 34 PointsThis was not the first time Cantor pollster John McLaughlin has been wrong.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/eric-cantor-s-pollster-tries-to-explain-why-his-survey-showed-cantor-up-34-points-20140611

Track Record

McLaughlin & Associates' terrible 2012 polling


Gabriel Gomez's internal pollster McLaughlin & Associates has him trailing by 1 pt

On 10/1 last year, McLaughlin had Rep. Bob Dold (R) up 44-37 in #IL10. He lost 51-49 to Brad Schneider

On 10/4, McLaughlin had Romney up 50-46 in Colorado. He lost 51-46

On 10/9, after Richard Mourdock (R) called rape pregnancies a "gift from God," McLaughlin put him up 45-42. He lost #INSen 50-44 to Donnelly


On 10/11, McLaughlin had Romney up 51-44 in Virginia. Nope. He lost 51-47

On 10/11, McLaughlin also had George Allen (R) up 47-44 in #VASen. Nope again. He lost 53-47 to Tim Kaine

On 10/18, McLaughlin had Randy Altschuler (R) up 48-43 in #NY01. He lost 52-48 to Rep. Tim Bishop

On 10/22, McLaughlin amazingly had Barry Hinckley (R) trailing just 49-41 in #RISen. He lost to 65-35 to Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse

But best of all, on 10/22, McLaughlin had Dan Halloran (R) trailing just 36-33 in #NY06. Grace Meng obliterated him 68-31

https://storify.com/DKElections/mclaughlin-and-associates-terrible-2012-polling

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Cantor's pollster's track record (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter Jun 2014 OP
Pollsters that give the candidate what they want to hear do exist, now exposed. We should be Fred Sanders Jun 2014 #1

Fred Sanders

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1. Pollsters that give the candidate what they want to hear do exist, now exposed. We should be
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 12:09 PM
Jun 2014

thanking the guy.

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