[HawaiianGecko]

I am sick to death of all these Democrat pundits citing the polls wherein the American people by a large majority dislike the war in Iraq.

Consider that only 52% of Democrats in a primary which we all know attract more radicals than moderates voted for the Anti-War Candidate and that 48% of Democrats in that state vote for the Pro-Bush-Candidate.

[shrinkermd]

The issue with the polls claiming majority antiwar convictions, is the very low number of undecided. A filter question should be are you against all wars or this one. The basis for statistical inference requires the question means the same to all individuals. This is not the case here. The second filter question would be, "are you sufficiently informed to make a decision on the Iraq War?" Usually 40% or more of respondents are abysmally ignorant of the issues but opine anyway.

Pseudo-polls are intended to persuade. They use statistics like a drunk uses a lamp post--not for illumination but for support. In other words, they have tailor made a poll to provide confirmation bias.