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Edited on Thu Sep-16-04 10:47 PM by WI_DEM
I know that they will be whoring the new 54-40 Gallup poll tomorrow and when they start, I'm ready.
Dear CNN: You may want to reassess your relationship with the Gallup polling organization as they are fast becoming a laughing stock. In the last two days several respected organizations such as Harris, The Christian Science Monitor, and Pew have come out with polls showing the presidential race is a dead-heat. Tracking polls such as Rasmussen have shown the race to be within the margin of error. Even Fox news has a poll showing the presidential race is too close to call. Yet once again you are trumpeting a trumped up Gallup poll giving Bush a ridiculous 14-point margin over Kerry.
You may recall, as I'm sure you broadcast it in 2000 that the week before the election that year, Gallup had a poll showing Bush leading Gore by double digits. You might recall in that election Gore actually won the popular vote--it was quite a story as I recall.
So, it would be nice that when Bill Schneider and company are "wringing" their hands about how Bush is a shoo-in that you also mention that several other polling operations are showing the exact opposite. Also, did you notice the new state polls which are being released by another respected pollster? American Research Group. It behooves me to understand how John Kerry can be behind 14-points nationally and be only one-point behind Bush in Colorado, a state which has only voted Democratic once in the last 40 years in a presidential race.
Also, could you ask Gallup to release their methodology? It would be interesting, not to mention amusing to see how many Republicans they polled compared to the number of Democrats.
Regards
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