[yongin]

CA may not be able to elect a conservative, but Right leaning voters can kick the Hollywood and San Fran Left by supporting the gay marriage ban.

[Mr. Mojo]

"Because the media portrays gay marriages as being politically correct, people don't want to be seen by pollsters as being intolerant – so they hide their views,"

Strange that some folks would give a rip what a pollster - a complete stranger - thinks of their views.

[Porterville]

I don’t know why the media is at war with America.

[Wiseghy]

Ummmm...most undecideds break to the no column.

Sadly, this prop. is toast.

[DakotaGator]

...the tendency of respondents to lie to pollsters about issues of race.

I don't believe this so-called tendency exists. What I do believe is what I see. And that is that poll questions are so blatantly biased that they give the result the polling organization desires, which is then used as propaganda. Subsequently, the pollsters believe their own propaganda.

The disgusting thing about this is that when voting reality destroys propaganda fantasy, voters are branded as racist by those same pollsters to cover up their own failed racist polls.

Well, here's a news flash for the pollsters: America isn't racist, pollsters are. That's the real "Bradley Effect".

[Ben Reyes]

You wish.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

http://cbs5.com/local/proposition.8.poll.2.834082.html

The author makes no mention of the poll just out 2 days ago (above link). Instead he uses the Field Poll from a few weeks ago. Hmmmm...

[choirboy]

The following SurveyUSA poll tells a different story than the Field Poll, which in my experience is a very biased poll.

California Proposition 8 Too Close To Call: In a vote today, 10/06/08, on California’s Proposition 8 Ballot Initiative, which would change California’s constitution to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry, approximately half the state supports the measure, half the state opposes the measure, according to this latest SurveyUSA poll conducted for KABC-TV Los Angeles, KPIX-TV San Francisco, KGTV-TV San Diego, and KFSN-TV Fresno. The exact findings are: ‘Yes’ (to change the law) 47%, ‘No’ (to leave the law alone) 42%. But: polling on ballot measures in general is an inexact science, and polling on homosexuality in general is a tricky business. So, not too much should be made of the 5 points that separates ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ today. Support for 8 may be higher or lower than any opinion pollster is able to measure. In a SurveyUSA poll released eleven days ago, 5 points again separated “Yes” from “No,” but in the other direction, with the “No” vote coming out nominally ahead.

What is clear today: Those in the Inland Empire and the Central Valley continue to want the law changed. Those in the Bay Area continue to want the law left alone. Those in greater LA remain split. The youngest voters, who are the hardest to poll and who are the most unpredictable voters, support the measure, after opposing it eleven days ago. Seniors support the measure. Minority groups view the measure differently: blacks support, Hispanics split, Asians and others oppose. Support is strong among conservatives, Republicans, and those who attend religious services regularly. Opposition is strong among liberals, Democrats, and those who never attend religious services.

Link: http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=b46ce159-115e-4f44-8be2-ce9b8eca657e

[goldstategop]

The black community backs Obama. But those same voters will pull the lever for Proposition 8. Ditto for Hispanics. Its going to pass.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Disciplinemisanthropy]

When can we start calling it the Obama Effect?