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Why Has The Unhinged, Poll Guy Stopped Updating His Site? (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2012 OP
He may have finally had his head oswaldactedalone Sep 2012 #1
I am not familiar with him? what did he base a "skew" factor on? Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2012 #2
I think, in nutshell... Lucy Goosey Sep 2012 #3
You Nailed It. That Clown Said Pollsters Were Oversampling Democrats DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2012 #4
so, is his polling 50-50%? Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2012 #6
According To The Unhinged, Poll Guy Romney Is Winning By A Lot DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2012 #8
He assumes that Repubs will have a five to seven point party ID advantage in polls. Jennicut Sep 2012 #11
thanks LG. Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2012 #5
Google Unskewed Polls DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2012 #9
I bet. I actually, though, would prefer the worst-case numbers so I don't get my hopes up too Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2012 #12
You can only unhinge yourself so much. randome Sep 2012 #7
A Classic Example Of How The Parallel Universe Works... KharmaTrain Sep 2012 #10
We Do The Same Thing But We're Less Unhinged DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2012 #13

Lucy Goosey

(2,940 posts)
3. I think, in nutshell...
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 12:43 PM
Sep 2012

...he claimed that pollsters were oversampling Democrats, because they were frequently polling more Dems than Repubs. The thing is, particularly in many of the swing states pollsters are hitting most often, there ARE more Dems than Repubs, which is exactly why more were being polled.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong here, though.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,714 posts)
4. You Nailed It. That Clown Said Pollsters Were Oversampling Democrats
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 12:46 PM
Sep 2012

That clown said pollsters were oversampling Democrats to produce huge leads in the polls for Obama which would make him appear invincible and discourage Republicans from voting.

Jennicut

(25,415 posts)
11. He assumes that Repubs will have a five to seven point party ID advantage in polls.
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 01:15 PM
Sep 2012

Which would mean higher then 2004 and 2010, which had Dems and Repubs tied in party ID. His argument is bogus.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
12. I bet. I actually, though, would prefer the worst-case numbers so I don't get my hopes up too
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 01:18 PM
Sep 2012

high..but not his. hahah

KharmaTrain

(31,706 posts)
10. A Classic Example Of How The Parallel Universe Works...
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 12:59 PM
Sep 2012

People shake their heads when you hear the crazy that comes out of the mouths of the great unhinged, but its simple to explain when you live in the bubble of hate radio and faux noise. Talking points move fast and furious (hmmm...good name for a faux scandal, no??) and there's always a Democrat to blame for anything and everything. If a rushpublican looks bad, it's obviously a media plot.

In the world of the unhinged things are soooooooo bad, soooooooo awful that its plain as day that EVERYONE hate President Obama. When you live in a sealed and braindead world everyone says the same crazy as you do and thus one assumes its a majority opinion. So when the facts don't look the way you like, you create "new" facts...move goalposts, parse and lie where applicable.

Cheers...

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,714 posts)
13. We Do The Same Thing But We're Less Unhinged
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 01:19 PM
Sep 2012

Right wing people usually only talk to and listen to other right wing people and consequently think everybody thinks like them. That's why Rush speaks to jammed stadiums. He hollers their own views right back at them. The left does the same thing.

I was fortunate to grow up in red area so I know there are a lot of people who don't think like me and therefore I'm not shocked when certain political events unfold.

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