538.com: New info on the "poll" that Drudge has been blaring showing 2 point race

[featherman]

For his latest trick, Matt Drudge is touting the results of an AP-Yahoo poll that shows a two-point race between Obama and McCain.
You may never have heard of the AP-Yahoo poll before. This is for good reason, since a look at the fine print reveals that it's not really intended for its horse race numbers (the AP uses a separate agency, GfK, for those).

For one thing, the poll is not timely. It entered the field on October 3 -- two weeks ago -- and left the field on October 13, which was this Monday.

For another thing, it's an internet-based poll:
more at: http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/

[gabeana]

1. Then this poll is way off

because during this period the majority of polls were showing double digit leads for Obama

What a joke the repukes are

[stolivodka]

2. I love how they brag about a poll where they are still losing..

..BUT NOT AS BAD!! lol

[central scrutinizer]

3. about as non-scientific as you can get

self-selection bias makes internet polls absolutely worthless. For entertainment purposes only.