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To: ShovelThemOut

No they’re not. My fellow Freepers are driving me nuts with this poll weighting BS.

This poll is accurately sampled. Ohio clearly has more Democrats than Republicans. In fact, I’m surprised it is only +6. Someone just posted the exit poll from 2008 and if this was actually weighted like that, it would be O up by even more.

Get your heads out of your arses and start dealing with reality. The polls are accurate! No pollster sits around and puts their reputation, and business, on the line just to screw Republicans.


41 posted on 09/23/2012 6:47:41 PM PDT by paul544
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To: paul544
Just for kicks, why don't you look up and report back to this thread what the %D - %R - %I composition was in the Teanami wave election of 2010.

Conservatives are even more fired up now, knowing that Obamacare has passed the first round of Supreme Court muster...

Cheers!

44 posted on 09/23/2012 6:56:36 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: paul544
The polls are accurate! No pollster sits around and puts their reputation, and business, on the line just to screw Republicans.

Surely you jest. We've seen D+19 polls around here. Reputation preservation went out the window long ago.

46 posted on 09/23/2012 7:10:47 PM PDT by InterceptPoint
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To: paul544
Um...yes, pollsters DO risk their reputation. if they don't cowtow to the pressure of Axelrod, their reputation in the mainstream media will be destroyed.

Fortunately, we have some truth tellers like Rasmussen and Real Clear Politics.

The polls are oversampled because the enthusiasm of Obama voters compared to 08 is significant, especially when compared to 04 or 2010, the polls are indeed oversampled Democrat AND biased...on purpose.

47 posted on 09/23/2012 7:21:51 PM PDT by Solson (The Voters stole the election! And the establishment wants it back.)
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To: paul544

No they are not. Your fellow Freepers are trying to make you understand polling

If you poll 40D-25R-35I you get one poll result. If you poll 35D-30R-35I you get a 10 point shift in the poll results. The Dem loses 5 points and the GOP picks up 5. How the sample is put together makes all the difference in the results of the polling.

Currently you have polls showing Obama winning and you have polls showing Romney winning. Both cannot be right. What your fellow Freepers are doing is telling you why the Pro Obama polls are wrong by crunching the data. YOU are basing your posts on nothing but YOUR opinion.

Actual party Registration in OH is 37R-36D this is just another massive Democrat oversampled poll


54 posted on 09/23/2012 7:38:46 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (Giving more money to DC to fix the Debt is like giving free drugs to addicts think it will cure them)
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