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Steelangel

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Wed Oct-27-04 12:24 PM
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CBS: Spiked Poll?

Jerome has word from a pollster that CBS spiked a Florida poll because it showed Kerry up by a whopping 4 points. I had heard that the 4 point poll was what they got after redoing a previous poll they weren't happy with - one which showed Kerry up by 8 or 9.

Now, I have no idea if this poll is a more accurate representation of reality than any other, but there's no chance they would spike such a poll if it showed Bush ahead by that much.

They're just scared of Drudge screaming "liberal bias" at them. Cowards.

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http://www.mydd.com/story/2004/10/27/113421/70

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freedom_to_read

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Wed Oct-27-04 12:26 PM
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1. so what

I say it again: polls showing it a too-close-to-call contest are good for us. They GET OUT THE VOTE.

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Randi_Listener

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Wed Oct-27-04 12:26 PM
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2. The *thwack* heard around the world.

The Shittys get horsefucked once again. IT'S OVER!

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Sideways

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Wed Oct-27-04 12:34 PM
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7. Damn Dude You Are Fucking Funny

The Shittys....I am laughing and stomping my foot. I love you.

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Richardo

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Wed Oct-27-04 12:26 PM
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3. Good! Let the RW live in the bubble, I say.

Edited on Wed Oct-27-04 12:27 PM by Richardo

"There there, RW. Everything's fine. Florida's in the bag. You don't even have to show up Tuesday if you don't want to."

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yellowcanine

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Wed Oct-27-04 12:30 PM
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4. They are sure going to feel silly if Kerry wins FL by 5 or 6 points.

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whistle

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Wed Oct-27-04 12:32 PM
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5. Trying to make sense out of polls that can only get 3% to 5%.....

...response rates are just ridiculous. It is widely accepted that 85% of the phone center dials never get picked up by the receivers and of those who do get a live voice, half of the people hang up before the interviewer gets finished saying, "Hello, this is the Bla bla Poll, we'd like you to answer a few questions for us...." and 1 out of 3 who stay one for part of the screener questions tell the interviewer they just aren't interested in taking a survey. Thus the non-respondent levels of these national polls miss 95% to 97% of potential at home voters. The polling system is almost flying blind.

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Thrill

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Wed Oct-27-04 12:33 PM
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6. That damn liberal media

yeah right

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