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Do the Math
You still won’t get an answer. Is anything the matter with Kansas? L.A. on the edge, in more ways than one. Plus more.
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With apologies to Robert Browning.
p>If we thought Gore died hard in 2000 or Kerry went less than gently in 2004, just wait for an Obama narrow loss! br> — Diane Smith /p>Polling data will matter only if there is a significant enough bump for McCain — as perceived by Obama’s strategists — that it forces head-to-head debate. Considering Obama’s track record minus a Teleprompter, that bump would have to be significant.
p>Without that, direct contact between the two candidates will be kept to an absolute minimum. br> — Arnold Ahlert br> Boca Raton, Florida /p>I have no idea why I punish myself by reading anything about political polls — especially those for presidential campaigns. Twisted sense of humor is my best guess.
I don’t care how “scientific” the polling is, 876 people, or 1,258 people, or even 3,507 people cannot accurately indicate the sense of several million voters across 50 states and the territories.
Add to that the fact that many pollsters have a firm bias about the candidates and can bend the results that way. This is especially true of media-driven polls.
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