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Old 10-31-2008, 12:17 PM
 
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it sure looked bad for truman.
Only because you are a friend will I save you the trouble.
No. 1199: Gallup Poll
Then, in 1948, Gallup blew the Truman-Dewey prediction. How? His mistake was to quit polling two weeks before the election with fourteen percent of the electorate still undecided. After that humiliation, Gallup went back to analyze his error. He emerged with the maxim, "Undecided voters side with the incumbent."

Unlike the Literary Digest, Gallup bounced back, and his polls flourish today. Meanwhile, every trailing politician since 1948 has promised to do what Truman did, but few actually have. And yet Gallup's great gaffe was a fine legacy. It reminded us that the best oracle cannot be trusted absolutely. The stars do not control our lives, and it is never completely over -- until it's over.
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Old 10-31-2008, 12:18 PM
 
Location: Wilmington, NC
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their is only one poll that matters though. it comes out on november 5th. sorry, but that is the truth. I mean, the choice is between two socialists, so what's the difference. it's the arrogance that is annoying.

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My friend you are a wise one and usually do your research. You might want to check not only the quality of polling then but how close to the election the last polls were taken. Maybe just maybe you might want to check.
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Old 10-31-2008, 12:20 PM
 
Location: Washington state
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The gallup poll he is referring to showed Obama up by 2 four days ago. Obama is now up by 8.

Notice the BS was written by Dick Morris? He doesn't even have a clue what the polls say...amazing.
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Old 10-31-2008, 12:46 PM
 
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Notice the BS was written by Dick Morris? He doesn't even have a clue what the polls say...amazing.
Sounds like the name of a cheap private investigator with a drinking problem and a secretary that he sleeps with who is high school drop out.

Oh yeah and she chews gum and wears bright lipstick and is from Alaska.
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