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jjones217

(2 posts)
1. These polls are absurd
Fri Nov 2, 2012, 11:23 AM
Nov 2012

I think you are correct in saying that they should be including in the poll aggregates, but there needs to be a very obvious disclaimer placed next to them. In the same Citizens United Poll that showed Romney +3, Josh Mandel was shown as having a +5 over Sherrod Brown. That's just absurd. Brown has an aggregated lead of +5.5 in most models, and even the extremely GOP-biased Rasmussen reports poll shows Brown as +1.

I've read recently, and I actually think there's some truth to it, that the GOP is delegating these fringe groups and biased polling agencies to push a last-hour Pro-Romney polling skew so that if they manage to steal the election on Tuesday they can just point to the "polls" that show a Romney lead.

On a side note, I would be amused if the GOP actually did manage to steal the election in Ohio, only to fall short in VA and Colorado, and end up losing the electoral college vote anyway.

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