CNN bullshit poll...

[spanone]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/07/27/cnn-poll-romney-tops-obama-but-loses-to-clinton/?hpt=hp_t2

[malaise]

1. Bullshit on steroids

That is sooooooooo stupid

[hrmjustin]

2. They still think the election is too close yo call.

[Agschmid]

4. Lol, what a joke.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

3. When you actually have to try and govern, you're bound to piss people off.

When you continue never to actually have a real national record, people get their 'blank slate' on.

[spanone]

5. yep, romney has done absolutely nothing of note in the last five years...

and has been opposed by no one....bullshit poll. apples & oranges.

[tritsofme]

6. I don't know if it is bullshit, but it is certainly without any relevance.

I recall seeing similar polls at certain points in past presidencies as well.

[Blue Owl]

7. Straight from the bullshituation room

[spanone]

13. duzy!!!!

[Wellstone ruled]

8. Okay- look at the source.

Blogs=?,CNN=right wing garbage,enough yet? BTW,the target group for any poll people with land lines. This group tends to be old white people who tend to be fundie conservatives with a bent toward the Limpballs-Hannity-hate crowd. Big change in the last 5-6 years has been the more sensible folks now use I-phones or Android phones. This is pissing off the likes of Gallop and other right wing pollsters.

Would it be ironic if CNN was sold to the original founder. The revenge of the fellow who really cared about the real NEWS.

[Populist_Prole]

11. Yeah, seems so

Though I've had a cell phone for 10 years, I've never received a poll call. I have and continue to receive lots of political poll calls, even push-poll calls.

"This group tends to be old white people who tend to be fundie conservatives with a bent toward the Limpballs-Hannity-hate crowd."

Of course someone trying to contact that group may get a busy signal when said group is online using their AOL dialup.

[Dirty Socialist]

9. Washington vs. George III

I hear during The Washington administration King George III was more popular.

[seabeckind]

10. The sample seems skewed

Tho it says that cellphones were included, they were less than half the sample. Under normal conditions that wouldn't mean that the sample would be wrong but when looking at the behavior of cellphone users the thing gets screwy. I don't have a landline. And I don't answer unknown numbers on my cellphone. Ergo, I would never be included in any poll.

The other problem is with the demographics of the sample. They said they adjust the weighting based on a comparison of the sample response with the demographics of the country at large. But if you look at the response percentages, it's obvious that the sample is skewed to white men over the age of 40 with an income over $50k. IOW, the usual republican voter.

The last point is the political leanings of the respondent. I don't trust that at all. A democrat doesn't mask their identity but I think a republican definitely does. They don't like being identified with the gop based on the last 15 years so they try to pretend they're independent. Like hel. I'd bet half the "independents" haven't voted D in their life.

What this last point means is that the demographic adjustment would skew them wrong.

[Scuba]

15. Good analyis, thanks.

[BlindTiresias]

12. Lemon. Wet. Good.

[Rex]

14. Once again, the M$M shows its cards.

Fuck em.

[Scuba]

16. Many (most?) polls are designed to shape opinion, not measure it.

[kimbutgar]

17. I have a landline and I rarely get polled