So The Final Election Result Is Obama 51% -Romney 47%

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Gallup had it 50%-49% Romney and Rasmussen had it 49%-48% Romney.


They are either inept or corrupt.


It really doesn't matter. That's some sloppy social science.


edited Gallup and Rass results. Gallup was even more "craptastic" than I remembered.

[BeyondGeography]

1. Final ABC/WaPo had it 50-47

I think I'll remember that next time around.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. Rasmussen And Gallup Are Two Of The Worst Pollsters

The only thing, imho, that separates them from ARG and Zogby is that they have bigger platforms.

[BeyondGeography]

15. I'm very happy to see Gallup exposed

They drove tons of bullshit Romentum coverage with their numbers. Not that it mattered in the end (which is another thing I'm happy about), but Frank Newport is a very biased individual and he and Gallup still have the NPR platform, not to mention the Gallup brand, which the horse-race happy MSM was all too eager to push because most people don't know any better. They're a menace.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. And that was after Gallup "suspended" polling for a week

supposedly due to Hurricane Sandy, despite the fact that the Hurricane didn't impact 80% of the states.

They exposed their RW bias once and for all.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. I Hope When They Release Results In 014 And 016 Their 010 And 012 Fails Are Noted. They Suck.

BTW, didn't Pew have it 50% -47%

[BumRushDaShow]

8. Forgot which was which

because their registered voter and likely voter figures were so different.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. Pew's Final LV Numbers Was 50%-47% I Believe.

[Flashmann]

5. They are either inept or corrupt.

How about both?....

[John2]

6. The likely

voter models need to be thrown out because they don't know who is a likely voter. Rasmussen doesn't even do registered voters. Gallup gave President Obama a three point lead with their registered voter model. I also suspect the exit Polls might be a little off now for white voters if they took a sample now because of the late votes coming from these storm areas. I wouldn't be surprised if president Obama got more than 39 percent.

[spanone]

7. is the media still calling it 'too close to call' or 'neck in neck' ??

[Generic Other]

10. That is what is called poetic justice

karma, irony, what goes around comes around, chickens coming home to roost, consequences of hubris...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. The Election Was Never That Close Despite The Attempts Of Right Wing Pollsters To Make It Seem Close

nt

[BrainDrain]

12. 47%

47%?

47%?

Now where have I heard that number before???

[BlueStreak]

13. ADVERTISING !!!

It will come down exactly the same way next time. The MSM makes so much profit from political ads, they cannot afford to say "this isn't close"

[Diclotican]

14. DemocratSinceBirth

DemocratSinceBirth

Oh the irony.... The "Mitters" 47 percent coment is really coming back to hurt him....

Diclotican

[rocktivity]

16. As of 11/26, the 2012 National Popular Vote Tracker has Mitt at 47.49

Last edited Mon Nov 26, 2012, 06:27 PM - Edit history (5)

making it official:

With rounding, it is now technically true that Mitt really DID get "only" 47% of the vote. Of course, this also means that we now cannot say that he didn't accomplish anything...


UPDATE: AS OF 5PM EST 11/26, he is down to 47.47% -- how sweet it is!


rocktivity

[DemocratSinceBirth]

17. I hope to see the pres at an unrounded 51% and Romn$y At 47%/nt

[Cleita]

18. I don't know how Rasmussen gets it's sampling, but

Gallup seems to poll in predominantly conservative states and places. As a west coast Californian, I have never been polled by either, yet friends of mine who live in fly over country in the USA are polled every election by Gallup on a frequent basis. It seems like Gallup is tipping the sampling to favor the side of those who are paying them.

[unc70]

21. Many outsource actual sampling to a "Bain Romney" corp

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021686160

[Cleita]

22. It certainly makes sense.

Thanks for the information. My suspicions now have some facts behind them.

[unc70]

25. Really need some more research on SSI

All the financial connections with them, etc.

[JI7]

19. Media whores were SOOO hoping Romney would win the Popular Vote

[DemocratSinceBirth]

20. Money Boo Boo Wasn't Even Close/nt

[i am thee modren man]

23. I hope that now that we've settled the numbers, we can move on/

Let's see if the Democrats cave and cuts social programs and entitlements. If they do, these numbers don't mean a damn thing.

[Capt. Obvious]

24. 47% voted for him

he had that backwards

[Smarmie Doofus]

26. Ha. Now Romney's 47% can continue to wait-on OUR 47% hand and foot....

... while we continue to suckle at the government's teat.

Ha.