The DM Register poll mistake was pretty bad.

[RandySF]

An interviewee noticed that the survey taker did not mention Buttigieg's name and it appears that his name was missing from one or more survey sheets.

[OneMoreCupOfCoffee]

1. Well, it is a hard name to spell.

[highplainsdem]

2. But we were told this was the gold standard of polls! Link to their article:

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2020/02/01/des-moines-register-cnn-cancels-release-iowa-poll-over-respondent-concerns/4637168002/

[DURHAM D]

3. lol

I was already laughing and then I saw your response.

[Generic Brad]

17. Fools gold, perhaps

[ritapria]

4. I wonder if they had Mayor Pete at some ridiculously low level of support

Mayor Pete has dropped to just 9% !.. if that interviewee had not come forward , that probably would have happened … How many times has this happened and no one came forward to complain ...

[TwilightZone]

5. One poll has him at 9%. The rest have him at 16-18%.

Except for Emerson, which has him at 10% and looks like an outlier.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/ia/iowa_democratic_presidential_caucus-6731.html#polls

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/iowa/

[Tiggeroshii]

6. My guess is he will perform around the average

[judeling]

7. Arg had him at 9%

Also
The last poll in the field we are likely to see.

[TwilightZone]

8. That's the one poll I noted was at 9%.

And the one the OP is likely referencing. It's the only one at 9%.

[judeling]

12. right

The thing is for Pete is that they may be a bit of an outlier, They could also be the leaders of the trend.

When you look at his trendlines they are not all that much of outliers.

He is the one I expect to significantly underperform.

[Baclava]

9. Its more than Pete, tons of undecideds use it to gauge their support for best chance to beat rump

More polling madness

[James48]

10. Stacked!

Either that, or else Bernie was leading, and the powers behind the curtain don’t want anyone to know that.

I’m supporting BERNIE!

[RandySF]

11. .

[Scurrilous]

14. ...

[grantcart]

21. You know that went 3 feet over their heads. Lol

[Scurrilous]

25. Everything does. LOL

Nice to see you again.

[UniteFightBack]

13. Folks are going to BREAK FOR BIDEN in Iowa and across the country. Mark my words. nt

[musicblind]

15. I give the Register credit for pulling their poll.

There is no excuse for their mess up, but there is integrity in owning up to a mistake even if it costs you money.

[Scurrilous]

16. Yep. Iowa Over Hyped. 'CNN had planned an hourlong program devoted to its results,,,'

That Last Big Des Moines Register Poll Of Iowa? We’re Not Getting It.

"When we talk about polls, it’s always important to remember that each one comes with a natural margin of error. But on Saturday evening, human error may have come into play. At the last minute, The Des Moines Register, CNN and Selzer & Co. announced that they would not release the results of their final poll of Iowa before Monday’s caucuses because of reports that one candidate’s name was omitted in at least one interview.

So what exactly happened? The cancellation appears to be due to a complaint lodged by a senior official for the campaign of former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who said he received a call from a supporter who had not heard Buttigieg listed as an option in one of the survey calls. Selzer & Co. — the much-respected pollster behind the survey — and its partners were unable to confirm the extent of the problem, so it’s still unclear if this was an isolated incident.

Given the amount of coverage this poll was going to receive — CNN had planned an hourlong program devoted to its results — its cancellation could be a bummer (or a gift) for some of the candidates. An unexpected result for an underdog candidate or a solid lead for either Sen. Bernie Sanders or former Vice President Joe Biden might have dominated the media narrative heading into Monday. And that coverage could have influenced the attitudes of Iowa voters."

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/that-last-big-des-moines-register-poll-of-iowa-were-not-getting-it/


The last one gave Bernie his first lead and had Biden 4th?

Link to tweet

[Gothmog]

18. This is too funny

Link to tweet

?s=20

[Bumperstickers]

19. The poll numbers have been leaked online

Their out there if yu search.

[grantcart]

20. Well you could just scroll up to reply #16 lol

[Bumperstickers]

23. Thats the last poll 2 weeks ago

New numbers r different.

[grantcart]

24. Gotcha

[showblue22]

22. No they're not

It's a fake.

[scheming daemons]

26. That's a fake.

Don't get suckered in by fake info