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DallasNE

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8. Polls Are Hard To Understand
Sat Jul 28, 2012, 01:08 PM
Jul 2012

When they should be straight forward and easy to understand.

How can a poll show Obama with a 2 point lead they turn around and show Romney has a 40 point deficit with Hispanic voters, a 90 point deficit with African-American voters and a 16 point deficit with women. Granted, there is overlap with women and the other groups, but still. Oh, an then there is the under 30 deficit for Romney.

For these numbers to work means Obama has at least a 25-30 point deficit with white males and an even larger deficit than that for those over 30. Don't these numbers show that for a large portion of the electorate race is the only issue that matters and shouldn't this be getting a great deal of new coverage.

Or, are certain groups being under polled and substantially? The math just doesn't add up, especially with Gallup.

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