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[scheming daemons]

1. Any poll that shows 0% undecided is a garbage poll. I wouldn't believe this one.

[nycbos]

3. No kidding

[Garrett78]

6. That's what got my attention about the poll that showed Cruz leading 54-45.

There's no way the percentage of undecideds is that low when we're still 7 weeks out.

[lagomorph777]

10. Welcome to DU. Is it the poster's fault that some other poll has an odd result too?

[lagomorph777]

22. OK here's some info that may shed some light on the controversy.

People here are skeptical types. Not a comment on the OP, just an observation that many of us tend to scrutinize every poll pretty sharply.

https://www.politico.com/story/2014/04/gop-polling-firm-vox-populi-polling-mary-cheney-105850

New GOP polling firm to launch By ALEXANDER BURNS 04/21/2014 05:02 AM EDT
A small group of top Washington Republicans is teaming up to launch a new polling firm, Vox Populi Polling, that will churn out volumes of survey data ahead of the 2014 midterm elections.

The firm plans to produce both public and private polling, tracking high-priority 2014 races and issue debates. It will employ a combination of automated polling and live-caller methodology to reach cell phone users, according to strategists involved in the effort.

Mary Cheney, the political strategist and daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, is among the firm’s half-dozen partners. Joining her in the enterprise are longtime GOP operative Barry Bennett, Americans for Job Security president Stephen DeMaura and Frank Sadler of Cove Strategies, as well as Alicia Downs and Brent Seaborn of TargetPoint Consulting.

[Garrett78]

17. And something is off about that poll, too.

The percentage of undecideds is never that low this far out from an election.

As crazy as it seems, there are always people who are either genuinely undecided or don't pay attention until the last minute.

[scheming daemons]

18. That one is suspect too, newbee.

[Awsi Dooger]

19. I've never seen a 50-50 poll

Should be impossible. Good for a laugh anyway

[LanternWaste]

24. Isn't the 0% part and parcel of the margin of error (in this case, 4.4%)?

But I get it... it's garbage and any further critical examination is a waste of time.

One data point in question would lead most people to examination prior to criticism. But here, well... I'm never disappointed by how clever people believe themselves to be.

[BigmanPigman]

2. Cruz is on the Senate Judiciary Comm.

That will NOT be good for him in the midterms. I hope Beto and the Dems run a ton of anti-GOP/Kavanaugh ads in the state where it is super close. This could put Beto over the top if he runs with it.

[Brother Buzz]

4. Stuck sitting on that committee in DC, Ted Cruz will be missing all the BBQ campaign rallies....

Beto O'Rourke will be throwing. Sad!

[BigmanPigman]

5. Maybe his pal the fucking moron can campaign for him

while he is stuck in DC. He can tell the Cruz fans how ugly his wife is and how his dad shot JFK.

[Brother Buzz]

8. David Hogg will be there to greet the orange anus

[BigmanPigman]

13. That is fucking fantastic!

[Garrett78]

12. Trump is supposed to campaign for Cruz next month, as I recall.

There's supposed to be a mobile billboard with anti-Cruz Trump quotes, I think.

[Garrett78]

7. Isn't Beto going to ban BBQs if elected?

[Brother Buzz]

11. You bet, illegal BBQ tastes the best!

That's a scientific fact, Jack!

[Garrett78]

15. What's sad is that I'm sure there are a lot of people who believe Cruz about Dems and bbqs.

[Brother Buzz]

21. Clowns that believe that shit were going to vote for him anyway

It's the fence sitters, the reasonable Texas citizens that are starting to see the light, and they just may drop by one of Beto's "it's so good it should be illegal" BBQ shindigs.

[lagomorph777]

14. Oh, didn't make that connection. I hope Cruz makes an impassioned defense of the rapist.

That'll put Beto over the top for sure.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

20. No undecideds? None?

I would love for this to be genuine but a little skeptical of the numbers at this point.

[John Fante]

23. Many of the posters trashing this poll had no issue with

the Quinnipiac poll that had Cruz winning easily. That poll also had a low number or undecideds (1%).

If a GOP-poll has the race tied it doesn't guarantee anything. But make no mistake, IT'S GOOD NEWS.

[scheming daemons]

25. The Q poll is suspect as well. No poll 7 weeks out has such few undecideds.