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19. If folks want an accurate account of what is going on... they should just come here.
Sat Nov 24, 2012, 01:29 PM
Nov 2012


Going to the Gallup and increasingly PEW site is a waste to time.
Well, what do the polls say thucythucy Nov 2012 #1
Unskewed polls? Andy Stanton Nov 2012 #2
Polling is as reliable as The Wizard Nov 2012 #3
don't know ask Nate Silver PatrynXX Nov 2012 #20
Gallup has had terrible results election after election for the last 10 years. Good to see the media Mass Nov 2012 #4
What other numbers are the fudging to sway public opinion then? R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2012 #23
+1 nt ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #33
Gallup's representation is in the gutter and has been for a while. Third Doctor Nov 2012 #5
I hope Gallup loses credibility over this - and other pollsters will see if they play politics Chemisse Nov 2012 #6
slipping? heaven05 Nov 2012 #7
Gallop Poll... from now on reffered to as The Notoriously Unreliable Gallop Poll. Walk away Nov 2012 #8
Pew was no better Iliyah Nov 2012 #9
Exactly Dakota Flint Nov 2012 #10
Pew is a good name for them... movonne Nov 2012 #12
Polling by Gallup is not their main business, bringing a new product to the market? mrdmk Nov 2012 #13
If folks want an accurate account of what is going on... they should just come here. aaaaaa5a Nov 2012 #19
Pew's final poll for the election had Obama winning by 3 Downtown Hound Nov 2012 #28
+1000 nt ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #34
SNL Comment anokaflash Nov 2012 #11
The same thing that happened to Dennis Miller -- they sold out for a price melody Nov 2012 #14
To Gallup: I hope you fail BumRushDaShow Nov 2012 #15
Why is the media so late to the story. aaaaaa5a Nov 2012 #16
People were bashing Gallup as far back as 2004 Downtown Hound Nov 2012 #29
Their John2 Nov 2012 #31
+1 nt ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #35
I used to work in polling and market research Wolf Frankula Nov 2012 #17
It used to tell the story of how Gallup came into being... Blanks Nov 2012 #18
This might be why polls were off unc70 Nov 2012 #21
IMO, Gallup has been unreliable for quite a long time. closeupready Nov 2012 #22
They tried to be too cute by half with their LV model. I always discounted that Kahuna Nov 2012 #24
Nate Sliver made Gallup pointless. sarcasmo Nov 2012 #25
Landlines? SCVDem Nov 2012 #26
They have been knocked off their high horse years ago. hrmjustin Nov 2012 #27
WHO Said They Are at the Top of the Heap? Iggy Nov 2012 #30
Gallup already has fallen off its throne - it's still the most famous name in polling but they've Midwestern Democrat Nov 2012 #32
There's sampling error even if the model is perfect. David__77 Nov 2012 #36
When ideology overrules science you are drifting into delusion on point Nov 2012 #37
The greasy poll can't climb to the top. Ken Burch Nov 2012 #38
We need to watch carefully. defacto7 Nov 2012 #39
Well, let's see . . . tclambert Nov 2012 #40
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