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2016 Postmortem

RomneyLies

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4. That's because the assholes treated party self identification as demographic data

Reply to Doctor Jack (Original post)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 07:01 PM

Nov 2012

instead of treating it as opinion data like all pollsters do.

They skewed their own internal polls on purpose.

I'm betting the first few polls after the convention were not to Romney's liking so a yes man altered the polling methodology.

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Romney's Internal Polls Overestimated Him By 109 Electoral Votes [View all] Doctor Jack Nov 2012 OP

They probably confirmed it all with Frank Newport of Gallup BeyondGeography Nov 2012 #1

Clearly his "internal pollsters" were getting paid for the message, not the skill. libdem4life Nov 2012 #2

The right has grown accustom to living in a world madaboutharry Nov 2012 #3

That's because the assholes treated party self identification as demographic data RomneyLies Nov 2012 #4

No wonder they thought they would win! Blue4Texas Nov 2012 #5

Rove assured them that the fix was in in Ohio and probably other states as well. yardwork Nov 2012 #6

You Got It!! AndyTiedye Nov 2012 #12

Nailed brush Nov 2012 #13

This is my belief also. For a myriad of reasons, we got relative fairness at the ballot box in '12. nc4bo Nov 2012 #17

This is graphic proof of the Kool Aid having been imbibed. "I want it, therefore it is." Dimwits. Squinch Nov 2012 #7

Gettin' high on their own supply C_U_L8R Nov 2012 #8

They believe their own propaganda and that is a scary thing. Reality based world neverforget Nov 2012 #9

They actually paid pollsters to tell them this? democrattotheend Nov 2012 #10

I believe the final number for Obama is 332 TroyD Nov 2012 #11

Gracias Doctor Jack Nov 2012 #15

They must have had Dean chambers from unskewed polls running the campaign. vilify Nov 2012 #14

Let this be a warning .... Trajan Nov 2012 #16

I simply don't believe that they believed that alcibiades_mystery Nov 2012 #18

Actually... mzteaze Nov 2012 #19

the hired help is always nice to you. Sunlei Nov 2012 #20