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Thu Nov-15-07 11:03 AM
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Rasmussen- Iowa -Clinton 29% Edwards 25% Obama 24% Richardson 10% |
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Thu Nov-15-07 11:07 AM
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Thu Nov-15-07 11:07 AM
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2. Richardson at 10%, not 18%. |
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Trend line:
Clinton down 4, Edwards and Obama each up 3.
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Thu Nov-15-07 11:07 AM
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3. In a race this close, how do you think the 800-pound gorilla of polling will affect things? |
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That is, cell phone users with no land line. Those tend to be younger voters, and younger voters generally favor Edwards or Obama. Could that make this race even tighter than it looks?
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Thu Nov-15-07 11:10 AM
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Edited on Thu Nov-15-07 11:12 AM by Ninga
:patriot: edit because I can't spell
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Thu Nov-15-07 11:14 AM
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5. Edwards and Clinton do about the same with younger voters. |
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Thu Nov-15-07 11:17 AM
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6. Kay, so is it possible that that might skew this somewhat? |
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Even if its just a couple percentage points, that puts Obama above Edwards, and possibly even up there with Hillary.
I've read a couple stories recently, interviews with pollsters, where they express some real wariness that cell-phone-only households are skewing their results. I'll be curious to see whether that pans out.
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Thu Nov-15-07 11:19 AM
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7. There's been a lot of talk about that supposed bias. |
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It didn't pan out in 2004. I'm not going to place a great deal of weight on it until it's backed up by results.
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Thu Nov-15-07 11:28 AM
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9. Sure, but the number of cell-phone-only households only gets bigger every year. |
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Eventually, it's going to have an effect on the ability of polls to predict outcomes. It's just a question of when.
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Thu Nov-15-07 12:15 PM
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13. It might not for quite a while. |
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There are a number of hard-to-reach demographics out there. In order to account for them, polling companies have a few tricks. For instance, there is no reason to believe that having a cell phone as your only phone actually changes your political beliefs. So you can look at the youth who do have land lines, and then extrapolate.
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Thu Nov-15-07 12:45 PM
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19. That is part of the reason why Zogby and other pollsters have embraced internet polling. It catches |
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a higher percentage of those who have abandoned their land-line telephones (of course, it brings its own selection issues which must be neutralized though sample selection).
If you see an internet based poll and a phone based poll with comparable numbers, that is some indication the selection bias in the polls has been properly corrected.
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Thu Nov-15-07 11:31 AM
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I've been without a landline for years... I'm in Washington State, though. But I support Edwards. I'm also not a "young" voter.
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Thu Nov-15-07 12:12 PM
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12. About as much as they did in 2006 and in 2004. |
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Or, that is to say, not at all.
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Thu Nov-15-07 11:23 AM
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8. I'll be Iowa on Saturday |
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Dubuque area and beyond... I'm going to try to get video of folks talking about their candidate... it's a horse race at this point. The debate tonight will certainly play into the latest opinions.
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Thu Nov-15-07 03:34 PM
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21. Dubuque is a good place to go for that - I think every candidate |
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has supporters in that county (and Dubuque Co. Dems are quite the activists :thumbsup:)
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Thu Nov-15-07 11:59 AM
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11. Wow its a literal dead heat amongst what Ras defines as certain caucus goers. |
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When only voters who are “certain” they will participate in the caucus are included in the totals, the race is a dead-heat: 26% for Clinton, 26% for Edwards, and 26% for Obama
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Thu Nov-15-07 12:18 PM
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14. The big key is who will get unexpected |
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Thu Nov-15-07 12:20 PM
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16. That would give me some hope for Obama or Edwards. nt |
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Thu Nov-15-07 12:23 PM
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17. I think Obama has much more appeal amongst |
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people who haven't traditionally been involved in the process. Now, can he actually get them off their asses and involved in the process? That is a question whose answer we won't know until the evening of 1/3/08.
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Thu Nov-15-07 12:19 PM
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15. Who will the caucus goers trend to |
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that currently support candidates below 15%? That will determine the winner.
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Thu Nov-15-07 03:36 PM
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22. Please remember that non-viable candidates can group together |
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with other non-viable candidates OR create an Undecided group (Carter didn't win the 1976 caucuses, he came in second to Undecided). There is no guarantee that The Big Three will be the big three come January 4th.
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Thu Nov-15-07 12:37 PM
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18. Obama and Edwards should form a ticket before primaries. Clinton would be toast. nt |
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Thu Nov-15-07 03:32 PM
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20. Never thought I'd say this, but I'm starting to think Edwards will win Iowa |
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