Heh, can you spot the odd poll out?

[Godhumor]

Gallup 9/24 - 9/26 Obama +5
Rasmussen 9/24 - 9/26 Obama +6
Hotline 9/24 - 9/26 Obama +5
Battleground 9/21 - 9/25 McCain +2
CBS News 9/21 - 9/24 Obama +5
Fox News 9/22 - 9/23 Obama +6
Marist 9/22 - 9/23 Obama +5

Polls from Real Clear Politics

*singing* One is the loneliest number of all....

[WeDidIt]

1. Too Bad RCP Doesn't Use the most Transparent Poll

Reasearch 2000 9/24 - 9/26 Obama +6

[aaaaaa5a]

2. I would like to think I have followed ths...

political season pretty well. However I must admit I had never heard of "battleground polling" until about 2 weeks ago.


Unless they are releasing "crosstabs" somewhere, or have a good endorsement history from 538.com or something, I would disregard them. No matter if the news is good or bad.

[insanity]

6. I wish I could play around with their polling data on SPSS

It would be great to see what kind of data and correlations one might find.

[Boz]

3. As I wrote yesterday, take a look at the graph, that is a false +2 its actually -2 for McCain

McCain is 2 points ahead 48 McCain 46 Obama, but the move reflected is McCain was stable at 48 and Obama had moved up from 44 the week before, so the actual movement of the poll was +2 Obama no change McCain not +2 McCain

[Sinistrous]

5. Ummmm, No.

The poll may be bogus, but internally,

McCain: 48 + 0 = 48
Obama: 44 + 2 = 46

Net: McCain still "ahead" by 2.

[ailsagirl]

4. What is "Battlefield" ??? I've noticed it always favors mcpow