To: ambrose
Guess you haven't been around here very long: many of us bashed the "established" pollsters BADLY from 1996-2000, when ONLY Zobgy (well, maybe Battleground) doing well.
A prof from Purdue even posted an extensive analysis of all the 1996 polling, where he found that all of them were off to the LEFT, which totally defied the odds unless there was a bias involved.
On Ras, I will give him credibility on his national poll when he establishes it. Fool me once . . . .
21 posted on
02/25/2004 10:52:53 AM PST by
LS
(CNN is the Amtrack of news.)
To: LS
The day before the 2000 election the Rasmussen (POA) poll had Bush up 48-41%. Battleground had Bush up 46-37%.
24 posted on
02/25/2004 10:57:37 AM PST by
Coop
("Hero" is the last four-letter word I'd use to describe John Kerry.)
To: LS
I've been around, and we have hit established pollsters plenty. Just not every single time a new poll thread is posted.
I was also highly suspicisious of Rasmussen until he caught Edward's sudden surge - right before his strong second place showing in WI. No other pollster caught this.
Anyway, a tracking poll is most interesting for its trends since the same polling methods (whether flawed or valid) are used night after night. I
25 posted on
02/25/2004 11:00:06 AM PST by
ambrose
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