Reply #12: Wikipedia had Wilder polling at 9%, and he won by 0.5%... however, [View All]

[Blackhatjack]

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.