Remember, overpolling Democrats could make the poll seem closer.
It could be a deliberate MSM attempt to give a bounce to Kerry.
It could be a deliberate MSM attempt to give a bounce to Kerry.
If I remember correctly, Newsweak was oversampling Republicans in their polls since the RNC. Many predicted they would then go back to their usual oversampling of Democrats in order to claim "Kerry is surging" or that "Kerry is the comeback kid".