i am convinced polls are being doctored: new one shows kerry/edwards down

[taxidriver]

15 points in North Carolina! wtf? that would be john edwards state.
i dont get it.

[JHBowden]

1. Nader is getting 4% there.

If they were in our column, it would be more like nine points.

[funkybutt]

3. damnit

anyone know when the last day Nader can drop out is? or is it too late for that since he's already on some ballots. It's so upsetting that so many people would waste their vote like that.

[NWHarkness]

Consider the source

CNN/USA Today. When's the last time you saw any evidence that either of those organizations had a clue about what was going on in this country?

[King of New Orleans]

2. Actually that poll is doctored

quite blatantly too.

Among registered voters the margin is 49-43 (Nader 4)--within the margin of error, but when Gallup screens for what they consider "likely" voters it becomes 54-39 (Nader 4).

It's already been discussed on a couple of threads here

[TexasSissy]

4. Second time I've seen such a post w/o a link. You got a link for this?

What poll? When was it taken? What category of people was polled?

[King of New Orleans]

8. Here's a link

For the article:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/polls/2004-07-12-poll-election_x.htm


For the tables:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/polls/tables/live/2004-07-12-nc-poll.htm

[Wind Dancer]

5. The polls have flaws and can't be considered accurate.

[taxidriver]

6. here's the link, i'm sorry.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/polls/tables/live/2004-07-12-nc-poll.htm

[rocktivity]

7. I think it's to pacify Georgie

It's hardly a secret that mainstream mediar are taking their orders directly from the Bush White House. What if they're under orders to keep the poll numbers close to keep Bush happy? Seeing Kerry/Edwards down 14 points in Edwards' home state would make him orgasmic!
:headbang:
rocknation

[donco6]

9. Now that's a picture I didn't need to see

Bush, orgasmic.

Ugh.

[lanparty]

10. We should look at it this way ...

First, Gore won the last popular vote. We ALREADY had more voters. The same people who voted for Gore in 2000 will vote for Kerry in 2004. MANY people who voted for Nader in 2000 will now vote for Kerry.

Many Bush voters will abandon him and vote for either Kerry or Nader.

We KNOW we are in the lead. What we also know is that we aren't going to lose any Democratic voters to Bush. Bush by contrast is vulnerable, he is the one losing voters. All his efforts are simply to KEEP the voters he had in 2000. They know they can't get new ones (besides Dennis Miller ;-) )

It's simply a matter of getting our people to the polls in the purple states (Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia, Arkansas, Oregon, Michigan, Florida).

Provided the votes are actually counted, I predict a Kerry landslide. The REAL battle will be for Congress.

[Birthmark]

11. Who cares?

There is only one poll that counts. We'll win that one 55-42. :)