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TroyD

(4,551 posts)
17. Yes, as I tried to calmly say above
Tue Sep 11, 2012, 05:20 PM
Sep 2012

1. I mentioned in the original post that this is a pollster that is Republican-leaning (so there was no attempt to hide that)

2. Rational, calm people who work on political campaigns know that you need to keep an eye on both the good polls & bad polls

3. Whether we like it or not, the Gravis poll has become part of the RCP average and the Nate Silver 538 average and we need to know this

4. Although their Virginia poll is questionable, I posted their polls today because the media narrative today is that the PPP Ohio poll can't be trusted since it is from a Democratic firm, so the good news is this Republican pollster has numbers which are almost identical and will make it harder for people to insult the PPP poll

Thanks for your response.

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Hasn't their polls already been debunked as Thrill Sep 2012 #1
Yes. . . TroyD Sep 2012 #2
Their OHIO poll is actually good news TroyD Sep 2012 #3
we need to be aware of what they say in order to know what the Republicans are doing. ..... FrenchieCat Sep 2012 #4
Yes, I'm into polls TroyD Sep 2012 #5
Polls are oftentime used to manipulate the populace..... FrenchieCat Sep 2012 #12
Why do you keep posting so-called polls from this discredited GOP marketing operation alcibiades_mystery Sep 2012 #6
I'm not going to respond to posts like yours in the future TroyD Sep 2012 #7
Like I said, tilting badly alcibiades_mystery Sep 2012 #8
What's tilting? TroyD Sep 2012 #9
I don't know if you're on the up and up alcibiades_mystery Sep 2012 #11
Does Nate Silver, or say RealClear Politics, include this pollster? JoePhilly Sep 2012 #10
Yes - both RCP & Nate Silver include it TroyD Sep 2012 #13
Your point #7 is important longship Sep 2012 #16
Yes, as I tried to calmly say above TroyD Sep 2012 #17
Alcibiades should read past the title Blue Yorker Sep 2012 #23
Brown +6? I hope that's true!!!!!! nt Guy Whitey Corngood Sep 2012 #14
Brown is +8 in PPP TroyD Sep 2012 #15
Vote on PPP website for a Virginia poll this weekend! DemsUnited Sep 2012 #18
Yes, we need to get a credible poll for VIRGINIA TroyD Sep 2012 #19
7 posts in the last couple of hours??? thevoiceofreason Sep 2012 #20
Speaking of ridiculous polls reflection Sep 2012 #21
That one was done with Civitas, another Repuke firm mvd Sep 2012 #22
Was it? My bad. reflection Sep 2012 #24
That's fine. Don't worry about it mvd Sep 2012 #25
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