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bluestateguy

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1. I am starting to virulently hate pollsters

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Tue Apr 10, 2012, 12:01 AM

Apr 2012

As soon as they do one poll, write it up in the paper, analyze it a million which ways (usually wrongly BTW), then they go out into the field and conduct another poll.

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Obama holds key leads on Romney, as economy malaise looms over reelection bid [View all] alp227 Apr 2012 OP

I am starting to virulently hate pollsters bluestateguy Apr 2012 #1

I don't get why polls are even covered in the news. Jamaal510 Apr 2012 #2

I don't know about you, but I like to know where the race is at and heading... Drunken Irishman Apr 2012 #3

I whole-heartedly agree… neurochaos Apr 2012 #9

Polls are important as a deterrent to election theft. If polls consistently show a certain trend Kahuna Apr 2012 #7

Obama will win an very easy victory. shimonitanegi Apr 2012 #4

Unfortunately, polls like this give Republicans a road map to the next 7 months... Denninmi Apr 2012 #5

They've been trashing the economy since the day Obama won the election. They've Kahuna Apr 2012 #8

There's an adjective that will be associated with refilth candidates for years to come as a result truthisfreedom Apr 2012 #6

It's like they're rooting for the economy to fail, just waiting for it to happen to hurt Obama! Liberal_Stalwart71 Apr 2012 #10

ETA: And what pissed me off so much about the American people is their short-term memory. Liberal_Stalwart71 Apr 2012 #11

WP thinks they're clever leftynyc Apr 2012 #12