Comments on: Which Pollster Has Been Most Accurate? http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/which-pollster-has-been-most-accurate/ Firedoglake weblog Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:55:23 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: spiderpaws http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/which-pollster-has-been-most-accurate/#comment-1268742 spiderpaws Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:41:22 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/which-pollster-has-been-most-accurate/#comment-1268742 <p>…am guessing my astrological charts are more accurate than the polls…ahem</p> …am guessing my astrological charts are more accurate than the polls…ahem

]]> By: MichaelS http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/which-pollster-has-been-most-accurate/#comment-1268469 MichaelS Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:40:40 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/which-pollster-has-been-most-accurate/#comment-1268469 <p>Interesting that the top four are all within a .33 band, and then the gap between numbers 4 and 5 is a whopping 1.44.</p> Interesting that the top four are all within a .33 band, and then the gap between numbers 4 and 5 is a whopping 1.44.

]]> By: Angellight http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/which-pollster-has-been-most-accurate/#comment-1268365 Angellight Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:58:16 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/which-pollster-has-been-most-accurate/#comment-1268365 <p>I belive in Pollsters. I do not believe in Diebold Machines. </p> <p>First: I would guess that some Candidates do not Like Caucusses because it is very hard to Cheat at a Caucus, as it is done in the light of day, and there are no Diebold machines with no paper trail which can be hacked into at caucusses. That is why California responsibily got rid of their Diebold Machines because they have courageously admitted that they are susceptible to Hacking! </p> <p>Second: Blue-collar workers, teachers, etc., do not work on Saturday or Sunday, so that is not an acceptable excuse for why the Clintons said they do not do good at caucusess.</p> <p>Third: Blue-collar workers and teachers are Also for Obama, as are some Latinos, women, etc., because Obama, a unifier, is for all of the People!</p> I belive in Pollsters. I do not believe in Diebold Machines.

First: I would guess that some Candidates do not Like Caucusses because it is very hard to Cheat at a Caucus, as it is done in the light of day, and there are no Diebold machines with no paper trail which can be hacked into at caucusses. That is why California responsibily got rid of their Diebold Machines because they have courageously admitted that they are susceptible to Hacking!

Second: Blue-collar workers, teachers, etc., do not work on Saturday or Sunday, so that is not an acceptable excuse for why the Clintons said they do not do good at caucusess.

Third: Blue-collar workers and teachers are Also for Obama, as are some Latinos, women, etc., because Obama, a unifier, is for all of the People!

]]> By: carmen http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/which-pollster-has-been-most-accurate/#comment-1268313 carmen Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:24:34 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/which-pollster-has-been-most-accurate/#comment-1268313 <p>Here’s a link to a good piece about the ‘04 election and exit polls. They are still accurate when paper ballots are used and not counted on optical scan machines:<br /> <a href="http://www.bradblog.com/?p=907" rel="nofollow">http://www.bradblog.com/?p=907</a></p> <p>Why should we assume that the exit polls are wrong and not the machines?</p> Here’s a link to a good piece about the ‘04 election and exit polls. They are still accurate when paper ballots are used and not counted on optical scan machines:
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=907

Why should we assume that the exit polls are wrong and not the machines?

]]> By: sangemon http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/which-pollster-has-been-most-accurate/#comment-1268302 sangemon Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:16:52 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/which-pollster-has-been-most-accurate/#comment-1268302 <p>Think of it this way.</p> <p>It’s advertising research.</p> Think of it this way.

It’s advertising research.

]]> By: carmen http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/which-pollster-has-been-most-accurate/#comment-1268301 carmen Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:16:09 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/which-pollster-has-been-most-accurate/#comment-1268301 <p>It’s important to note the change in polling accuracy since the use of computer voting machines. Canada’s exit polling still works as does other countries that don’t use ballotless, non transparent machines.</p> <p>Exit polling is one of the tools used by people like Jimmy Carter when monitoring elections in other countries. Of course, we turned back efforts by election monitoring organizations when it came to our own last two presidential elections.</p> It’s important to note the change in polling accuracy since the use of computer voting machines. Canada’s exit polling still works as does other countries that don’t use ballotless, non transparent machines.

Exit polling is one of the tools used by people like Jimmy Carter when monitoring elections in other countries. Of course, we turned back efforts by election monitoring organizations when it came to our own last two presidential elections.

]]> By: sangemon http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/which-pollster-has-been-most-accurate/#comment-1268300 sangemon Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:16:05 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/which-pollster-has-been-most-accurate/#comment-1268300 <p>Yeah, I know, but I wasn’t sure if it was appropriately used in that context, </p> <p>I’ve since come to embrace it.</p> Yeah, I know, but I wasn’t sure if it was appropriately used in that context,

I’ve since come to embrace it.

]]> By: SanderO http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/which-pollster-has-been-most-accurate/#comment-1268296 SanderO Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:11:17 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/which-pollster-has-been-most-accurate/#comment-1268296 <p>Oh yes there is… lots of money. Focus groups and so forth are used for product launches.</p> Oh yes there is… lots of money. Focus groups and so forth are used for product launches.

]]> By: dov12348 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/which-pollster-has-been-most-accurate/#comment-1268295 dov12348 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:09:54 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/which-pollster-has-been-most-accurate/#comment-1268295 <p>The neo-con fetish of perpetual war is straight from Leo Strauss. McCain may not be a Straussian, but, if he indeed likes war as an end in itself, probably absorbed Strauss’s ideas indirectly through others.</p> <p><a href="http://newhumanist.org.uk/1463" rel="nofollow">http://newhumanist.org.uk/1463</a></p> The neo-con fetish of perpetual war is straight from Leo Strauss. McCain may not be a Straussian, but, if he indeed likes war as an end in itself, probably absorbed Strauss’s ideas indirectly through others.

http://newhumanist.org.uk/1463

]]> By: Bilbo http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/which-pollster-has-been-most-accurate/#comment-1268294 Bilbo Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:09:10 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/12/which-pollster-has-been-most-accurate/#comment-1268294 <p>Nothing wrong with ubiquitously. It does mean what I think you think it means. ;=)</p> Nothing wrong with ubiquitously. It does mean what I think you think it means. ;=)

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