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DemocratSinceBirth

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Sun Sep 30, 2012, 02:27 PM Sep 2012

How 'unskewed polls' could actually favor Obama

Over the past week the skewed polls meme has taken over much of conservative media. According to many conservative critics, the current set polls, which show President Obama leading nationally and in key battleground states, are all wrong because they over sample Democrats. To correct this “skewing”, Dean Chambers of unskewedpolls.com has recalculated every poll with more Republican-friendly party identification samples. Chambers essentially reverses the results of every poll, showing Mitt Romney with a big lead even though the pollster reports otherwise.

However, unskewing could theoretically work both ways. Many liberals believe the polls may actually be skewed towards Republicans because they exclude cell phone users, include too many Republicans in their sample, or include too many automated polls.

http://www.examiner.com/article/how-unskewed-polls-could-actually-favor-obama

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How 'unskewed polls' could actually favor Obama (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2012 OP
Yeah but, "unskewed" polls now show the President in the lead DonViejo Sep 2012 #1
He Skewed Them Back Or Unskewed Them Back DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2012 #2
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