Politico's Poll Showing Democrats In Trouble This Midterm Election is a Total Crock [View all]

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Source:
Politicususa.com
By Justin Baragona
May 19, 2014

This week, political news site Politico released a poll showing that Democrats are at a seven-point disadvantage against Republicans in the upcoming midterm elections.
The poll is supposed to reflect voter sentiments in the most competitive House and Senate races this year.
For the House races. the poll shows that Democrats trail Republicans by 9 points. 39%-30%.
As for the Senate, Republicans hold a seven-point advantage, 43%-36%.
This poll seems to predict a gloomy outcome for the Democrats in November.
It is certainly possible that Republicans can gain control of the Senate and retain their majority in the House.

However, this poll is s total crock.

It is always important to look into the methodology used by a poll to see how credible it is.
In this instance, the poll was tilted heavily in Republicans' favor from the outset, creating the results that we see.
The claim of the poll is to show "competitive" House and Senate races, so the interviewees were only from those areas.
Yet the poll shows that 39% of the respondents are Republicans, 34% stated that they're Democrats....Only 26% identified as Independents.

Compare this with the country at large, where 31% identify as registered with the Democratic Party, 25% identify as Republican, and 42% claim to be Independents.


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