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SunsetDreams

(8,571 posts)
Tue May 29, 2012, 12:31 PM May 2012

GOP-Politico & GOP-Gallup: It's A Love Thing!



It's not like this hasn't happened before...

Media relying on flawed polls: Gallup and CBS/NYT skewed toward Republicans
But the media has largely ignored both Gallup's and the CBS News/New York Times polls' oversampling of Republicans. As author and joint fellow at the Center for American Progress and The Century Foundation Ruy Teixeira explained, these polls include more Republicans in their sample than is representative of the electorate. According to Teixeira, the CBS News/New York Times poll sample included 4 percent more Republicans than Democrats. And Gallup told TheLeftCoaster.com's Steve Soto that it surveyed 7 percent more Republicans than Democrats. Media Matters for America has previously noted that John Zogby, president and CEO of independent polling firm Zogby International, pointed out on September 7 that in the last two presidential elections, Democrats have represented 4 percent to 5 percent more of the electorate than have Republicans


GOP trying to steal another election through skewed polling in the lead up to it. Once it's stolen, when accusations are made, they can simply say, "No, HEY just look at all these polls!! Polls don't lie!"
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GOP-Politico & GOP-Gallup: It's A Love Thing! (Original Post) SunsetDreams May 2012 OP
Hasn't Exit Polling been pretty much done away with? Proud Liberal Dem May 2012 #1
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