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This technique results in equal sampling, not over-under sampling. Yes, I'm sure they're biased but propagandists are far more sophisticated than you may naively think and I can assure you they would not be so stupid as to call more Reps for no reason, thus creating an error outside their own MOE and making it blatantly obvious they did so to people like yourself.

Ok, the last time here - If you are suggesting I am down-playing GWB gains - That is simply being a paranoid weirdo (for lack of a better term) -

And like I said before - NewsWeeks polls speak for themselves! - They are junk polls - period. They are not used for accuracy they are used to spin news stories -

Do you believe NewsWeeks poll from several weeks ago that showed Kerry up by 8pts....and that Kerry was winning on the issue of who do Americans support on the WOT?? - (The Newsweek showed Kerry above GWB on the WOT?) -

DO you believe CBS polls? - (They are junk as well....regardless if they show GWB up at some time) -

Lastly, they aren't calling anyone to adjust - They are simply adjusting their weighting formula - (making the responses from Dem's at 31% and Responses from Rep's at 38%) -

And Lastly - If you think GWB is up by 11pts - Well, lets see if you are proven right - This up coming week both IBD and Gallup will have polls out - If they show GWB up by 10pts....so be it, I'll be glad -

But I'll bet you a dime....he's lead is closer to 5pts - (which will further prove my point that NewsWeek polls are junk) -

Ok, the last time here - If you are suggesting I am down-playing GWB gains - That is simply being a paranoid weirdo (for lack of a better term) -

I would agree if it weren't for the fact that liberal techniques weren't so weird and underhanded. That's what they do. They get on conservative forums all the time and do stuff like that. I've seen it too many times to discount it. As for the poll results, I'm not debating which way the polls are going to go I'm merely pointing out that with those three polls we don't have enough information yet to reach a conclusion. All I'm saying is that Newsweek, right or wrong, has a reason for calling more Reps than Dems, they didn't just decide to do that for the heck of it. If newsweek were trying to bias their poll in favor of Reps, they wouldn't have done it in such an obvious way. My point has been, and still is, if you're NOT trying to downplay GWB gains then WAIT for more information before erroneously micro-analyzing polls as you have done.