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2016 Postmortem

docgee

(870 posts) Fri Nov 2, 2012, 10:28 AM Nov 2012

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Status Update on Gallup Election Polling Following Superstorm Sandy

Gallup says they cannot conduct polls due to Sandy. What a crock of shit! I guess it gets them out of looking stupid when they are off by 6 pts...

http://pollingmatters.gallup.com/

I can't believe the error from that portion of the country would be more than a few tenths of a percent, and certainly wouldn't increase their margin of error much.

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Status Update on Gallup Election Polling Following Superstorm Sandy (Original Post) docgee Nov 2012 OP

Fine Gallup, take your bogus numbers and go home ItsTheMediaStupid Nov 2012 #1

Other tracking firms continued their work Welcome_hubby Nov 2012 #2

Yep zebe83 Nov 2012 #3

You're right - Gallup hopes we forget about their 5-7% leads for RMoney ItsTheMediaStupid Nov 2012 #4

They are going to do one final poll and release it on election eve. WI_DEM Nov 2012 #5

ItsTheMediaStupid

(2,800 posts)

1. Fine Gallup, take your bogus numbers and go home

Reply to docgee (Original post)

Fri Nov 2, 2012, 10:29 AM

Nov 2012

nt

Welcome_hubby

(312 posts)

2. Other tracking firms continued their work

Reply to docgee (Original post)

Fri Nov 2, 2012, 10:30 AM

Nov 2012

They might be trying to save face.

zebe83

(143 posts)

3. Yep

Reply to Welcome_hubby (Reply #2)

Fri Nov 2, 2012, 10:31 AM

Nov 2012

ItsTheMediaStupid

(2,800 posts)

4. You're right - Gallup hopes we forget about their 5-7% leads for RMoney

Reply to Welcome_hubby (Reply #2)

Fri Nov 2, 2012, 10:32 AM

Nov 2012

In light of the upcoming rout by Obama.

WI_DEM

(33,497 posts)

5. They are going to do one final poll and release it on election eve.

Reply to docgee (Original post)

Fri Nov 2, 2012, 10:35 AM

Nov 2012

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