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To: Man50D
Sorry for the misinterpretation and good for you but I take media polls with a grain of salt.

It's a good thing to take the polls with a grain of salt, but foolish to disregard them altogether because they aren't telling you what you want to hear. You're fond of bring up Gore and Bush, knowing that in reality the polls were well within the margin of error even though Gore was called and not Bush.

You're also fond of bring up the 1948 election where Eisenhower defeated Dewey, despite most of the press calling it for Dewey before the election, and the Chicago Tribune calling for Dewey even after the election. All true, no one would take that away from you.

However, like Gore v. Bush, it was a close race. Eisenhower beat Dewey by less than 5% of the vote. In hunter's case, you're asking everyone to believe that the polls are off by greater than 40%. Show me any American election where the polls were so gravely in error. Don't waste too much time though, it doesn't exist.

77 posted on 12/19/2007 6:41:12 PM PST by Melas (Offending stupid people since 1963)
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To: Melas
However, like Gore v. Bush, it was a close race. Eisenhower beat Dewey by less than 5% of the vote. In hunter's case, you're asking everyone to believe that the polls are off by greater than 40%.

I won't dispute the percentage you cite as I don't have any data to confirm or refute that figure I will dispute Eisenhower beating Dewey as it was Truman who beat Dewey. Eisenhower won the 1952 election. My point about these polls is that they were wrong so late in the process. Consequently considering we are far earlier in the process it is much too soon for anyone to make any assumptions or conclusions.
83 posted on 12/19/2007 7:39:12 PM PST by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! Duncan Hunter is a Cosponsor.)
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