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jimmy the one

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7. Fordham poll of polls
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 08:15 AM
Nov 2012

Here's another poll of polls, dunno if they measure just the presidential election or combine with lesser races/down ballots etc..
Here our pride & joy PPP (democrat run poll) is rated #1 best, but I am shocked beyond words -------- that PPP, accd'g to your list on poststart, that PPP is a robo dial poll, which is generally considered c.r.a.p. acronym = computer responsive automated poll, & generally not quality polling.
Poll Rigger Rasmussen rated poor on both lists - scott rasmussen couldn't persuade voters to vote republican by padding to the right this time, ha. Rass was fairly accurate in 2008, because it tightened up the race after september, realizing obama was gonna win, so went for credibility rather than race rigging - prior to october rass was padding mccain by 3 to 5 pts over reputable poll avgs..

Fordham University has published a ranking of the most accurate pollsters of the 2012 in terms of national trends, and (both) top spots were held by Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling, the North Carolina-based firm.

1. PPP (D)* [Robo DIAL?????!!! - I'm shocked]
1. Daily Kos/SEIU/PPP*
3. YouGov* --- UK, british based!
4. Ipsos/Reuters*
5. Purple Strategies
6. NBC/WSJ -- good show nbc
6. CBS/NYT ---- good show cbs
6. YouGov/Economist
9. UPI/CVOTER
10. IBD/TIPP
11. Angus-Reid*
12. ABC/WP*
13. Pew Research*
13. Hartford Courant/UConn*
--------------------- halfway mark, half above half below
15. [8 tied at 15th] CNN/ORC
15. Monmouth/SurveyUSA [Robo Dial]
15. Politico/GWU/Battleground
15. FOX News
15. Washington Times/JZ Analytics [Old Zogby, WashTimes rightwing]
15. Newsmax/JZ Analytics [John Zogby again, rightwing newsmax]
15. American Research Group
15. Gravis Marketing --- Robo Dial
23. Democracy Corps (D)*
24. Rasmussen
24. Gallup
26. NPR
27. National Journal*
28. AP/GfK
[link:http://|http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/fordham-study-public-policy-polling-deemed-most-accurate]

there was a tv show 'vote america 2012' starring monty torres which had a subtle rightwing bias, portraying romney in a good light & tending to badmouth obama with 'politifacts' more in favor of romney/ryan. Monty, brigham young grad nuff said?, generally pointed out that PPP had a 'democrat bias' but never once that I saw noted that rasmussen was a rightwing pollster, just tended to give rasmussen more credit than it's ever deserved. Eat crow monty torres.

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