Purdue129 Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 Nice little post-convention boost: http://www.time.com/time/press_releases/ar...,692562,00.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonxctf Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 Polls Confuse Me.. 9/2/04- Time Magazine- Bush with a double digit lead. 9/2/04- Zogby- Bush with a 2% lead. 9/2/04- American Research Group- Kerry with a 1% lead. 9/2/04- Economist/UGov- Tied Race Which one to believe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 Polls Confuse Me.. 9/2/04- Time Magazine- Bush with a double digit lead. 9/2/04- Zogby- Bush with a 2% lead. 9/2/04- American Research Group- Kerry with a 1% lead. 9/2/04- Economist/UGov- Tied Race Which one to believe? Well, this is kind of random, but your right, polls can be really tough and some times, whether you like it or not their is an assload of bias in a poll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 But he had NO lead in ANY poll 3 weeks ago... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonxctf Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 Actually I'll make this even more confusing... PollingReport.com National Trial Heat Summary Full survey details are available here (plus match-ups with Nader, reelect questions, etc.). BUSH vs. KERRY: Among likely voters; with leaners, where available. (See registered voters.) SURVEY NAME BUSH KERRY Margin End Date Zogby 46 44 2 9/2/04 American Research Group 9/1 48 47 1 9/1/04 ABC/Washington Post 49 49 n/a 8/29/04 ICR 8/29 46 50 4 Y Time [without leaners] 8/26 46 46 Y FOX/Opinion Dynamics 8/25 44 45 1 N Gallup 8/25 50 47 3 Y NPR 8/24 45 50 5 N GWU Battleground 8/17 47 49 2 N Zogby 8/14 43 50 7 Y Gallup 8/11 50 47 3 Y ICR 8/8 48 48 Y Time [with leaners] 8/5 44 51 7 Y Democracy Corps (D) 8/5 45 52 7 N FOX/Opinion Dynamics 8/4 43 48 5 N ABC/Washington Post 8/1 48 49 1 n/a CNN/USA Today/Gallup 8/1 51 47 4 Y Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonxctf Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 1 month ago, Time Magazine showed Kerry with a 7% lead. Does anyone honestly believe that he lost 20% of the vote in the last month when there are only about 5% undecideds out there? I think Time Magazine needs to do a better job polling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Prawn Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 It depends on who they were polling and honest the people were being when answering the polls. I can't say I ever put much stock into political polls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Honda Civic Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 likely voters registered voters eligible voters was the polling done at Denny's @ 3PM for the early bird special? -- all polls can be manipulated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdue129 Posted September 3, 2004 Author Share Posted September 3, 2004 It depends on who they were polling and honest the people were being when answering the polls. I can't say I ever put much stock into political polls. pretty much my thoughts too... i just threw this out there, b/c it was so different than anything else out there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonxctf Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 Let me clarify.. Time needs to do a better job polling because I dont believe that Kerry had a 7% lead a month ago and I don't believe that Bush has anywhere near a 10% lead right now. It was probably Kerry by 4% last month and Bush by 3% now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Honda Civic Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 Americans, on the whole, are an easily influenced bunch. Don't think so? How many people bought a freakin' Ab Shocker from those stupid infomercials? They made millions off of people who thought they could lose their spare tire by getting shocked by a 9-volt battery repeatedly. Politics is no different. Convince people that you have the New and Improved model, flash a bunch of patriot rhetoric, and don't offend the rich and powerful, and you've got a recipe for success. Lots of Americans bought Bush's speech last night. That doesn't make them any brighter. The sad thing is Americans are going to buy his sad bulls*** this year, and then his brothers recycled sad bulls*** in 2008. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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