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I know, I know it is AOL. But they make you sign in using your master screen name and log your IP. You can only vote once. It is straight forward. "Who do you plan to vote for?" It shows McCain at 63 and Obama at 37%
Now I don't know about you, but AOL is not exactly chalk full of a bunch of right wing conservatives. The author of the aritcle suggests it shoudl be looked into, as something crazy might be a brewing.
I only mention this as I read an article that suggest perhaps either something shady, or very fundamentally wrong might be happening with the major polling? Who conducts these polls, or actually collects the data? A bunch of liberal 18- to 20 somethings who support Obama! Could they have an alternative motivation to mes with the polls.
Democrats and Republicans, read the article in its entire length. It will make you wonder, that is for sure.
Note: the article is from a few weeks ago, but AOL's current polling that started yesterday shows the same 62-38 McCain lead, or Obama gaining 1 point. Very strange!
Better put your reading glasses on, because that's not what I said! I said most polls are wrong. I didn't say that AOL is correct and everyone else is wrong. Nice try at spinning my words
Carolina Cowboy, I've been wondering the same thing about the polls being wrong for a few weeks now. They were wrong a couple of elections back as well. People might be likely to tell a pollster they're voting Obama because they feel intimidated to answer that way. We'll see on November 4. The important thing for every person voting McCain is to GO VOTE. Don't buy into the numbers the media is going to be screeching 24/7 for the next 9 days.
I know, I know it is AOL. But they make you sign in using your master screen name and log your IP. You can only vote once. It is straight forward. "Who do you plan to vote for?" It shows McCain at 63 and Obama at 37%
Now I don't know about you, but AOL is not exactly chalk full of a bunch of right wing conservatives. The author of the aritcle suggests it shoudl be looked into, as something crazy might be a brewing.
I only mention this as I read an article that suggest perhaps either something shady, or very fundamentally wrong might be happening with the major polling? Who conducts these polls, or actually collects the data? A bunch of liberal 18- to 20 somethings who support Obama! Could they have an alternative motivation to mes with the polls.
Democrats and Republicans, read the article in its entire length. It will make you wonder, that is for sure.
Note: the article is from a few weeks ago, but AOL's current polling that started yesterday shows the same 62-38 McCain lead, or Obama gaining 1 point. Very strange!
Just as AOL is the perfect ISP for folks who don't understand the internet, AOL straw polls are perfect discussion topics for people who don't understand elections.
<hint> that poll says a whole lot more about the people who use AOL than it says about anything connected to Nov 4th.
Carolina Cowboy, I've been wondering the same thing about the polls being wrong for a few weeks now. They were wrong a couple of elections back as well. People might be likely to tell a pollster they're voting Obama because they feel intimidated to answer that way. We'll see on November 4. The important thing for every person voting McCain is to GO VOTE. Don't buy into the numbers the media is going to be screeching 24/7 for the next 9 days.
I don't expect any single pollster to be spot on. That's why I put more weight with spreads and trends. RCP's has been fairly reliable for s far back as I can remember.
I don't expect any single pollster to be spot on. That's why I put more weight with spreads and trends. RCP's has been fairly reliable for s far back as I can remember.
??? I don't know who you're referring to here: RCP's. Please enlighten. Thanks.
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