[LibFreeUSA]

You know what they say.... “Bullsh_t in....Bullsh_t out”

[kidd]

Pew also found that “likely voters” are not always telling the truth and point to the statistical impossibility of more “likely voters” in their surveys than actually recorded votes in recent elections.

I guess Pew hasn't been to Philadelphia or Chicago recently.

[ozzymandus]

Uh, gee, “Coach”, this sounds like an excuse for Obama’s falling numbers to me.

[FlingWingFlyer]

A lot of the ‘RATS claim to be republicans who served as a “sniper” in Iraq and voted for Bush. Twice.

[kidd]

Pew also found that “likely voters” are not always telling the truth and point to the statistical impossibility of more “likely voters” in their surveys than actually recorded votes in recent elections.

I guess Pew hasn't been to Philadelphia or Chicago recently.

[Red Steel]

Dems lie! News at 10 o’clock.

[Puppage]

Well, I guess I’ll stay home Nov. 6th

[Sacajaweau]

duh.............

[Da Coyote]

Hmmmm, democrats lie?

I’m shocked, shocked.

The next thing, you’ll be a’tellin’ me that Muslims lie too.

[TigerClaws]

Felons can’t vote.

[Pollster1]

As a professional, I am shocked, shocked I say, that lying is going on in these polls.

Trends are meaningful (see Rasmussen below), so long as the question wording is steady, but the absolute numbers are suspect. In particular, Republicans are likely to lie about their party, claiming to be Dems who hate the current sleazy liberal incumbent, while Dems are likely to lie about registration (and less often about their party). Despite all the lies, our product is useful for an educated consumer, it just is not the ground truth that many want it to be.

[fso301]

If your boss and the hierarchy of the place you work are rabid partisans and you receive a call from a “Pollster” whose calling name and number display as “Unknown Number”, how are you going to answer the questions?

[all the best]

There’s a nice balance here. Democrat politicians lie and Democrat voters lie. Makes perfect sense.

[outofsalt]

Does Pew poll cemeteries?

[Navy Patriot]

...Pew has actually said unequivocally that some people who speak to pollsters lie!

Oh man, they caught me!

[yuleeyahoo]

I lie to them every time they interupt my dinner

[Buckeye McFrog]

ya mean like when they call a Conservative talk show and lead off with “I’m a lifelong Republican, BUT...”?

[Raycpa]

How dare anyone lie to the liars. What is this world coming to?

[publius911]

Pew has actually said unequivocally that some people who speak to pollsters lie!

Just to further throw monkey wrenches into the poll process, I am a lifelomg registered democrat, but haven't voted democrat since 1960. I always lie to polls.

My reason is simple. I detest the the reality that the weak of mind and mental horsepower use polls as the measuring stick of what defines the "winning" side. So they they want to vote the perceived winner, breeding overconfidence, but triggering brain cells at the polling place and switching choices and actually voting the issues.

[Jet Jaguar]

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