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2016 Postmortem

scheming daemons

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1. Gallup wants to be right on election day....

Reply to Welcome_hubby (Original post)

Wed Oct 24, 2012, 01:29 PM

Oct 2012

... their numbers will gradually regress to the mean by then so that they have credibility in the future.

We are now 13 days out.... Gallup has to start getting their numbers into line before the election comes.

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Trust Gallup at your own peril [View all] Welcome_hubby Oct 2012 OP

Gallup wants to be right on election day.... scheming daemons Oct 2012 #1

No, in the past they just Maximumnegro Oct 2012 #7

Trust polling at your own peril RomneyLies Oct 2012 #2

Like you I only obnoxiousdrunk Oct 2012 #3

FAIL Welcome_hubby Oct 2012 #4

I know what you mean. I will look at their overall trend. Jennicut Oct 2012 #5

Agree. Remember from 2008 question everything Oct 2012 #6