In the Wisconsin recall election, President Obama apparently knew the 3 Democrat polls were BS and that's why he didn't show up to support a losing cause.
Let us recall that in Wisconsin, 3 Democrat polling outfits said that the recall election was statistically tied right up until the day of election. But when Marquette University (not a Democrat polling outfit) came out with a 7 point spread in favor of Walker the month before election day in Wisconsin, the Democrats called their poll ridiculous and anything else you could think of. As it turned out, Marquette had the spread right on the money.
This is from
May 30, 2012:
"Wisconsin Democrats are firing back at the latest Marquette University Law School poll of the state recall election, which put Republican Gov. Scott Walker ahead of Democratic Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett by a 7-point margin — in an effort to tamp down negative public perception as they head into the election’s final week.
“Clearly this poll is out of step with everything else that is out there, and clearly with the political reality,” state Democratic Party Chairman Mike Tate said Wednesday on a conference call with reporters. “There have been three polls out in the last few days that have shown a dead heat, clearly a competitive race.” Tate was referring to three internal polls that have been released in the last few days from the 1) Barrett campaign, 2) the Democratic Governors Association and 3) the liberal Greater Wisconsin Committee, which have ranged from a tie to a Walker lead of 3 points... They raised suspicions about who might be paying for the [Marquette] poll, and whether the state’s conservative think tanks were involved. They also sharply criticized professor Charles Franklin, who led the (Marquette) poll."
Wisconsin Dems Dispute Marquette Poll | TPM2012
See they demonized the pollster (Marquette) who as it turned out got it right and pointed to three Democrat pollsters instead as the big truth telling prognosticators. But apparently, President Obama knew what was really going on and that's why he was a no show in Wisconsin. Originally, everyone (including me) thought it was Obama's fault that Barrett didn't win because he didn't show up there for a close race but the reality was a month before it was already known it was not going to be close but a Democrat loss and the 3 Democrat polling outfits were biased in favor of Barrett and Marquette was more likely accurate.
So, if some Democrat polling outfit starts saying some of these Romney/Obama or Senate races in some states are close, I wouldn't believe them for a second. They didn't just taint the 3 biased pollsters' reputations in Wisconsin but they tainted all Democrat pollsters when they lied and the State Democrat Chairman doubled down and swore by it.
And Real Clear Politics with its poll averaging is a bunch of hooey, too.