Blackhatjack
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Wed Jan-09-08 01:35 AM
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12. Wikipedia had Wilder polling at 9%, and he won by 0.5%... however, |
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Internal polling is never prepared for public release, unless the results are so favorable the candidate decides to release it --and only after it has been properly rewritten and comments have been redacted.
If we could get a look at the report prepared from internal polling data that Obama's campaign received, and compare it with the report prepared from internal polling data that Hillary's campaign received, I would be willing to bet that they were very similar in their findings and predictions.
You can be sure that the possibility of a 'Wilder Effect' was probably referenced in both reports.
Even so, you have to ask how so many pollsters, strategists and campaign officials could be wrong about the outcome here -- given their consistency of data and predictions which matched up with the Republican race and candidates, and the other Democratic candidates.
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