2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumGOP takes aim at ‘skewed’ polls
The Romney campaign and other Republicans say polls showing President Obama with a significant lead over their candidate are inaccurate.
They argue many mainstream polls skew in Obamas favor because of sample sizes that base 2012 turnout projections on 2008, when Democrats and Hispanics, blacks and young voters in particular turned out in record numbers.
I dont think [the polls] reflect the composition of what 2012 is going to look like, Romney pollster Neil Newhouse said in an interview.
Frustration that polls are skewed in favor of Obama has escalated among some on the right in recent weeks. One website, www.unskewedpolls.com, recently began re-weighting the mainstream polls to closer track the demographic assumptions of conservative polling outlet Rasmussen Reports. The re-weighted polls all show Romney ahead in the race, with leads of between 3 and 11 percentage points.
Read more:
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/251413-gop-takes-aim-at-skewed-polls
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In 1972, famed author Theodore White wrote the book How George McGovern Won and Why the Polls Were Wrong. Neil Newhouse should be releasing a similarly titled tome any day now
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unskewed...my ass.
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(4,267 posts)Seems this fellow may not be as unbiased as he claims.
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fun n serious
(4,451 posts)On the evangelical vote. Ryans comments today is a method of reeling them in. IMHO
Democat
(11,617 posts)With the goal of creating a certain result.
Someone should create a parody site called ununskewedpolls.com.