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Generic Congressional Ballot: Final Polls 2006
Real Clear Politics ^ | 11/5/06

Posted on 11/06/2006 8:10:50 AM PST by finnman69

Polling Data Poll Date Sample GOP (R) Dems (D) Spread RCP Average 11/01 - 11/05 - 41.3 52.7 Dems +11.4 CNN 11/03 - 11/05 LV 38 58 Dems +20.0 USA Today/Gallup 11/02 - 11/05 1362 LV 44 51 Dems +7.0 ABC News/Wash Post 11/01 - 11/04 LV 45 51 Dems +6.0 Pew Research 11/01 - 11/04 LV 43 47 Dems +4.0 Newsweek 11/02 - 11/03 838 LV 38 54 Dems +16.0 Time 11/01 - 11/03 679 LV 40 55 Dems +15.0

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2006; final2006polls; finalpolls2006
Day before election polls. Some of these pollsters are going to be very very wrong.

Generic Congressional Ballot

Polling Data
Poll Date Sample GOP (R) Dems (D) Spread
RCP Average 11/01 - 11/05 - 41.3 52.7 Dems +11.4
CNN 11/03 - 11/05 LV 38 58 Dems +20.0
USA Today/Gallup 11/02 - 11/05 1362 LV 44 51 Dems +7.0
ABC News/Wash Post 11/01 - 11/04 LV 45 51 Dems +6.0
Pew Research 11/01 - 11/04 LV 43 47 Dems +4.0
Newsweek 11/02 - 11/03 838 LV 38 54 Dems +16.0
Time 11/01 - 11/03 679 LV 40 55 Dems +15.0

1 posted on 11/06/2006 8:10:50 AM PST by finnman69
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To: finnman69

This link shows just how inexact a science polling is and why political coverage shouldn't be as much about the poll horserace. None of these numbers look good but the fact that their is a 14 point spread suggests these pollsters don't have their act together.


2 posted on 11/06/2006 8:13:05 AM PST by SmoothTalker
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To: finnman69

Amazing, from 4 to 20%. I assume they all claim a +/-3% error. More likely a +/-20% error.


3 posted on 11/06/2006 8:13:21 AM PST by Always Right
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To: finnman69

Looks more like a level-of-bias indicator than a list of polls.


4 posted on 11/06/2006 8:18:52 AM PST by rivercat (The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers. - William Shakespeare)
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To: dcam

Exactly, certainly CNN, Time and Newsweek found what they wanted to find.


5 posted on 11/06/2006 8:21:28 AM PST by JLS
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To: SmoothTalker

The average Dem lead is 11.3, but the standard deviation is 6.5, which makes the numbers so volatile that they're practically random. Plus the trend is massively favoring the GOP.


6 posted on 11/06/2006 8:24:18 AM PST by Question Liberal Authority (If Not For George W Bush, Saddam Hussein Would Be In Charge Of Iraq Today AND He Would Have NUKES.)
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To: finnman69
These are averages of averages, a poor but sometimes useful tool.

1) some of the polls/data are dated and do not reflect recent changes towards the R's.

2) These numbers tend toward overall attitudes as opposed to local leaning where locals tend to vote for incumbents.
7 posted on 11/06/2006 8:33:28 AM PST by Smartaleck
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To: Question Liberal Authority

So much for trends. #$#$#$


8 posted on 11/07/2006 9:32:31 PM PST by SmoothTalker
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