To: daler
I have it from a very high source in the organization that in 1948 Gallup actually had the numbers right, they had Truman beating Dewey, but they could not believe their own data and so inverted it. That source says that Gallup never did anything like that again, having learned its lesson.
I did not represent that that is the truth, only that I have truthfully recited it.
79 posted on
09/14/2008 3:20:50 AM PDT by
nathanbedford
("Attack, repeat attack!" Bull Halsey)
To: nathanbedford
Actually, Gallup tinkered with its final 2004 number. They assigned all undecided to Kerry rather than split it evenly (which would have resulted in them nailing the result).
82 posted on
09/14/2008 3:38:44 AM PDT by
Chet 99
(http://www.mccainpalinvictory2008.com/)
To: nathanbedford
"that Gallup never did anything like that again, having learned its lesson." Certainly President Kerry appreciated their winning call in 2004...
CNN/USA/Gallup(1573 LV)* 10/29/04 - 10/31/04 49% 49% 1%
99 posted on
09/14/2008 5:47:19 AM PDT by
StAnDeliver
("Please welcome the 45th President of these United States - Sarah Palin!")
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