No I wanted to compare the repubs polling in the 2002 midterm as compared to how they are polling today in 2006. i dont remember the news being quite this bad
And as I told you, it is completly irrelevent. The sample size Dem-Rep-Indy is changed in every Newsweak poll. They NEVER poll the same way. SO a 2002 Newsweak poll that polled 40-35-25 (Demp-Rep-Ind) probably was changed based on these results to be 50-30-20. A couple of weeks ago CBS did at 50-35-15 poll. WHO they poll massively shifts the outcome. Two weeks ago Gallup did a 48-48% poll and found a virtual tie. Polls are NOISE. All that matters is WHO shows up on Nov 7th. Intresting thing. Rassmussen does a daily Presidential approval poll. IT shows almost NO change over the last week.
Really? You don't remember when the MSM had to disrregard their own biased exit polls on election night 2002.
How about the early polls that caused certain MSM networks to call Florida for Gore? A lot of panhandle Republicans went home without voting, leaving the entire US with the Bush/Gore recount debacle.
Here is the poll I was talking about:
Source link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061006/pl_afp/uspoliticsscandal_ 061006203242;_ylt=Ap.koQzadfTtLbDRYHgFBTjJ76Mv; _ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
"Time said its poll suggested a scandal over lurid e-mails and instant text messages sent by former representative Mark Foley (news, bio, voting record) to teenage Congressional pages had "dented" Republican hopes of retaining control of the Senate and House after November 7."
"It said almost 80 percent of the 1,002 people it asked this week were aware of the scandal and believe Republican leaders tried to cover it up. One quarter said it made them less likely to vote Republican in the election."
"Among registered voters, 54 percent said they were more likely to vote Democrat and 39 percent favoured Republican. Time said the margin has jumped 11 percentage points from a similar poll in June."
I just can't trust this poll. To believe it, is to believe that 80% of the people are very naive and uninformed.