Reply #16: Wagner did use his "within the margin of error" poll numbers... [View All]

[pelagius]

...repeatedly to supporters, most recently in a letter a few days before the election trying to raise $10,000 "in the next 24 hours" to apparently (given the tone) prevent the campaign from imploding.

I have to believe at this point he had (a) inexperienced or just plain bad pollsters generating his numbers or (b) access to good numbers he lied about.

If he claimed to be at around (give or take) 50% a few days before the election, his 30% drop in a few days is truly remarkable.

I will be inquiring about this issue in the very near future. If anyone has any information they'd like to share, please post it here or send me a private email. Thanks.

Also, I feel I owe <lwin> an apology for ripping apart the memo she posted. Chalk it up to pre-election jitters, please. It seems Wagner's poll numbers are suspect. I was wrong, the Greens were right.