Posted on 09/27/2012 2:51:19 PM PDT by BurningOak
There’s no point in putting it gently: Mitt Romney had one of his worst polling days of the year on Wednesday.
It began with a series of polls from The New York Times, CBS News and Quinnipiac University, released early Wednesday morning, which gave President Obama leads of between 9 and 11 points in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Later in the day, Mr. Romney got polls showing unfavorable numbers for him in Colorado and Iowa.
Unlike many recent days, when Mr. Obama’s national polls were slightly less euphoric than his swing state surveys, Wednesday’s national polls seemed to support the notion that Mr. Obama has a clear lead in the race. The Gallup national tracking poll gave Mr. Obama a six-point lead among registered voters, close to his high mark on the year in that survey. The online tracking poll conducted by Ipsos gave him a six-point lead among likely voters. Another online tracking poll, from the RAND Corporation, put Mr. Obama’s lead at roughly seven and a half percentage points, his largest of the year in that poll. And a national poll for Bloomberg produced by the pollster J. Ann Selzer, who has a strong track record, put Mr. Obama six points ahead.
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Am I wrong? Am I falling for enemy propaganda?
The longer this election cycle goes, the more I am convinced that Palin refusing to run was a national tragedy.
Am I wrong? Am I falling for enemy propaganda?
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Yes. Yes, you are. All day long Rush and others have been having a field day as they tear apart this bogus NYT poll.
What about 2010?
Why hasn’t that table at unskewedpolls.com been updated in days? There have been multiple new polls that aren’t included.
The organization that conducted this poll, Quinnepec, even admitted the sample unreasonably overweighed Dems. Don’t worry. Follow Rasumssen - they were the most accurate in 2010 and they have it even.
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Read this thread below and get back to us:
Will Nate survive the shame and embarrassment that’s coming his way in November?
The left (and the NYT is part of the left’s media arm) are doing what they always do when their backs are to the wall-spin, spin, spin-in other words, lie. They did this same thing before Reagan defeated Carter. They are deliberately trying to create the perception they want rather than report the one which exists. One way to know this is to look into all the “micros”-ie, a majority of the middle class supports Romney, a majority reports that they trust Romney with the economy (the major issue) rather than Obama or the ‘rats, etc. Now, how can things like these be true, yet it also be true (using weighted polls, yet) that Obama is handily winning? It’s easier for the Obama media to spin the “overall” polls because they know most people don’t pay attention to the details which are showing the opposite.
What is there no Gallup number today? It’s 6 pm eastern, and no Gallup number.
Could it be that they are having to scramble to make it “right”?
That is a good one, I need to start listening again.
Nate Silver, by the way, is a fag. Not to put too fine a point on it.
I didn’t like to be suspicious right off the bat, but I was thinking the same. It’s waaayyy too early and the polls waaayyy too obviously skewed-especially to mostly politically savvy Freepers-for this kind of “woe is me”.
Pay attention to who they're asking, then factor in the turnout model. This poll is utter trash.
If Romney crushes Obama Nate will need to find new job. That said its not like these people care about being wrong or even outright liars.
Sounds like it. Obama isn't re-electable by any stretch of the imagination. The only question in my mind, is what Romney will do, once in office. If his past performance is any clue to his future performance, then Lord be with us.
The longer this election cycle goes, the more I am convinced that Palin refusing to run was a national tragedy.
It absolutely was. She would have easily mopped the floor with Obama, and set this country on a course to real restoration. I'm not ashamed to admit that I actually wept for my country on the day she stood down.
I firmly believe that she determined the course of future events in this country with that one personal decision. I've often wondered if she herself realizes that. I have to believe that she does, and that she will find a way to answer the call to greatness in the coming years. That's if we can survive what's coming.
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