[NYC Republican]

Freepers have been in utter denial about the polls for months. They simply will not accept that more people are self identifying as Democrats and Independents at the expense of the GOP. You are completely right, but many Freepers don't have the clarity or maturity to recognize this.

Agreed!

[HitmanLV]

I was around FR during the impeachment, when we all hypnotoized each other that the country was livid at Clinton, wanted him sorry arse out of office, and that the polls (which showed support for Clinton) were all wrong.

The polls leading up to the 2000 election showed a close race, giving Bush a slight edge. On election day, Nader's support collapsed and made it closer than expected. The polls were right.

The polls leading up to the 2004 election showed a close race, givin Bush a few point edge. The polls were right.

I have no idea why Freepers insist that the pre-election polls were wrong. The exit polls on election day initially gave poor results, but they were refined as the day went on.

Polls are meaningful.