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DemocratSinceBirth

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11. B) maybe even people lying to the pollsters.
Sat Oct 6, 2012, 03:49 PM
Oct 2012

You are on to something. It's an automated poll. Perhaps white Romney supporters are pretending to be black to make it appear Obama is doing poorly among blacks,ergo:


David MarcusBerkeley, Ca

"One of those "strong swing state polls for Romney" is in Colorado: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/docs/2012/Gravis_CO_1006.pdf. But looking at p. 11 of that poll, it shows Romney winning the black vote by 58-40. If the actual black vote were 80-20 in favor of Obama, and everything else in the Gravis poll were exactly the same, the results would change from a 3.49% margin in favor of Romney to a 1.07% margin in favor of Obama.

I've observed the same very counter-intuitive results for black voters in Gravis polls of FL, NC, and MI in the last month. Worthy of some 538 review and analysis? "

Wow. How messed up are Republicans if they are doing that.They are sick, sick, sick...

Really? Jennicut Oct 2012 #1
He Reads This Board DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2012 #2
None whatsoever fugop Oct 2012 #3
What Is Odd Beside The African American Findings? DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2012 #6
It might not be that they fudged their numbers ... just bad sample... Drunken Irishman Oct 2012 #7
I Like His Finding That An African American Coloradan Is Three Times As Likely To Be Jewish DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2012 #9
B) maybe even people lying to the pollsters. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2012 #11
It doesn't matter if it is automated or not titaniumsalute Oct 2012 #15
I Agree But A Person Would Be Less Likely To Lie About Their Race To A Live Interviewer DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2012 #19
That is ridiculous. Nate and the rest need to stop citing these "pollsters" who are clearly anneboleyn Oct 2012 #18
Good find Doctor Jack Oct 2012 #4
I Didn't Really Find It DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2012 #5
Wouldn't put it past them Doctor Jack Oct 2012 #8
Romney Winning The African Vote In C0 -60%-40% BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2012 #10
That's okay. There aren't a lot of Africans in Colorado. DavidDvorkin Oct 2012 #12
My mom says there's a lot of black people in Africa. geek tragedy Oct 2012 #13
We KNOW Gravis is untrustworthy TroyD Oct 2012 #14
Fine. If ProSense Oct 2012 #17
Oh good grief. mzmolly Oct 2012 #16
according to the census bureau blacks make up 4.3% of the Colorado population dsc Oct 2012 #20
If you're going to cook a poll, at least make it credible TroyD Oct 2012 #21
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