How Liberal Trolls Are Working To Get McCain Elected President

Whiz Bang Blog ^ | September 19, 2008 | DJ Drummond

[ajwharton]

Decent poll analysis.

[Thane_Banquo]

These pollsters are all liberals, and will try to make their candidate look like he is doing better than reality. They stop the shenanigans shortly before the election day and report it straight, because their final pre-election poll is the one they actually get graded on.

[forYourChildrenVote4Bush]

How many Democrats when polled say they are registered Republicans voting for Obama in these polls???

Im sure it happens????

[TribalPrincess2U]

Come on guys.

Don’t you know it’s hard to read across 12 feet of copy?

Paragraphs are great for reading.

[Thane_Banquo]

These polls will all report a huge surge for McCain in the week or two before the election, because that is when they stop doctoring their polls to show the Democrat ahead.

[ajwharton]

Come on guys.

Don’t you know it’s hard to read across 12 feet of copy?

Paragraphs are great for reading.

What I copied was a gigundo paragraph. It did look like a wall of words when I posted it, tho...

[forYourChildrenVote4Bush]

I don’t understand all this “weighing” to me it just does not make sense.

Why not call up 3000 people and just ask “who are you voting for” regardless of party....

You will get a random sample this way....that’s it...not hard

[The Truth Will Make You Free]

The example you used of Oklahoma isn't a good one. OK has 2 Republican Senators, and 4 of 5 Republican Congressmen. The Governor is Democratic, but that's an anomaly. The last poll I saw had McCain up by 41. There's no way you can call OK a “very Democratic place”.

[FrankR]

"These pollsters are all liberals, and will try to make their candidate look like he is doing better than reality."

So, following that, if the two candidates are showing a "dead heat" in the polls, can we assume that means that - in reality - McCain is significatly ahead?

[Taggart_D]

Does anyone remember what the polls were prior to Reagan’s major victory? I think I remember the polls being about dead even. Hmmmmm?

[Henderson]

For some reason, I need to take a nap because my head hurts. After graduation from college, meteorology major, my first job was at Goddard to collect tons of data from ground stations and “cook” them. I used to get a lot of headache back then and still gets it whenever someone talks about statistics. I believe everything you just said.

[uscabjd]

At the end of the past campaigns, the polls were accurate, with some a little better than others. Today, no one is applying the traditional turnout of 38%D - 35%R. They all must have a reason. The polls show BHO up about 2-3 points.

[PeterPrinciple]

A Freeper posted an article awhile back titled “In the beginning was information.” It took some intense reading but one of the messages in it was that statistics are the lowest form of information. Polls are statistics and are the lowest form of information.

[PhilosopherStones]

I think it happens all the time. Just look how often the MSM seems to find “life-long” Republicans who are voting for Obama. Then when you do a little Googling, you find that the “life-long” Republican is actually a Democrat volunteer or operative.

[uscabjd]

And not too coincidentally, the electronic markets mirror the 2-3 pt BHO lead the polls show.

[TribalPrincess2U]

Hope this helps.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1285967/posts

[TribalPrincess2U]

or this

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/757944/posts

[forYourChildrenVote4Bush]

I am curious to find out, but dont know how....

During these calls, what percentage of republican callers need to be removed from the sample??????

[caver]

“I don’t understand all this “weighing” to me it just does not make sense.”

Agreed. Anyone that plays with numbers can make them mean anything. Polls are a waste of time.

[KarlInOhio]

Why not call up 3000 people and just ask “who are you voting for” regardless of party....

What happens if Democrats are all a bunch of jobless bums who have nothing to do all day but sit around and answer pollsters, while Republicans work 16 hour days and shout obscenities at any pollster who gets through on the phone? You have to make sure that your sample of people answering the poll is truly representive of the voting population.