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littlewolf

(3,813 posts) Fri Sep 7, 2012, 07:52 PM Sep 2012

How reliable is RCP polling ? Dalton vs McCrory

Poll Date Sample McCrory Dalton
RCP Avg 8/1 - 9/6 -- 49.5 39.0

Survey USA 9/4-9/6 500RV 55 39

PPP 8/1-9/2 1012LV 45 39

Elon Univ/
CharletteObservr 8/25-8/30 1089LV 52 37

Ram reports 8/1-8/1 500LV 46 41

why is Dalton doing so poorly ....

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How reliable is RCP polling ? Dalton vs McCrory (Original Post) littlewolf Sep 2012 OP

RCP isn't a polling organization ... they report the polls and then average the results. Drunken Irishman Sep 2012 #1

RCP's average of polls is absurdly accurate. NT aaaaaa5a Sep 2012 #3

If we can gotv in NC, there could be some coattails for Dalton mnhtnbb Sep 2012 #2

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)

1. RCP isn't a polling organization ... they report the polls and then average the results.

Reply to littlewolf (Original post)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 07:55 PM

Sep 2012

aaaaaa5a

(4,667 posts)

3. RCP's average of polls is absurdly accurate. NT

Reply to Drunken Irishman (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 08:03 PM

Sep 2012

mnhtnbb

(31,388 posts)

2. If we can gotv in NC, there could be some coattails for Dalton

Reply to littlewolf (Original post)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 08:01 PM

Sep 2012

Perdue dropped out--really late--and there was scrambling
to get a Dem candidate with name recognition on the ballot.
Nobody came forward...hence Dalton (Lt. Governor). There's no
name recognition.

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