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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-25-04 06:23 PM
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Hey Gallup- How Come Your Florida Numbers Are 8-10 Points Different Than
Everybody Else?


Don't believe me


Look with your own eyes...


htttp://www.realclearpolitics.com/Presidential_04/fl_polls.html


What a bunch of stupid bastards....


They are a disgrace to their profession...
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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-25-04 06:27 PM
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1. Because they're right, and everyone else is wrong...
sound familiar?
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-25-04 06:31 PM
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5. If Kerry's Losing A State He's Losing A State
but numbers don't lie....


Here's my challenge to Gallup


Do a blind test...


Show any statistician that poll of polls without knowing the organization and ask him which one is most likely to not be an accurate sample...

If we win this election I think we can finish Gallup....
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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-25-04 06:37 PM
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7. Actually the poll itself is probably accurate
Edited on Mon Oct-25-04 06:37 PM by wtmusic
it's their deliberate skew on likely voters that is questionable.

You're right, it could be the end of Gallup. Republicans don't want to see bad stats either. Doesn't help them a bit.
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-25-04 06:39 PM
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8. You Notice They Discontinued Their Tracking Poll From 00 (nt)
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lancdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-25-04 06:28 PM
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2. They've become a complete laughingstock
If Bush were up by 8 in Florida, Clinton wouldn't be wasting his time there.
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DaveinMD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-25-04 06:29 PM
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3. Kerry's internals
show him slightly ahead in Florida. Gallup is a joke.
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lancdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-25-04 06:36 PM
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6. Yep
That's what I heard, too.
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fujiyama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-25-04 08:34 PM
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11. Hell
Bush's own internals probably show it tied at best (for him).
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unfrigginreal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-25-04 06:29 PM
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4. They're disgusting
Somewhere along the line they decided to become partisan players. Since that time all of their poll reporting has been used to influence the public's opinion rather than report on it. They are nothing but shills.
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vpigrad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-25-04 06:48 PM
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9. Not just them...
Just look at all of the corporate shills. After all, how many of them tell the truth about Kerry's lead? Newsweek was the only one I saw last week that told the truth.
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-25-04 06:50 PM
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10. WAPO Shows Kerry With A Lead...
Gallup is just a poor polling organization...
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