Zogby explains his CA mistake

[Renew Deal]

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About California: Some of you may have noticed our pre-election polling differed from the actual results. It appears that we underestimated Hispanic turnout and overestimated the importance of younger Hispanic voters. We also overestimated turnout among African-American voters. Those of you who have been following our work know that we have gotten 13 out of 17 races right this year, and so many others over the years. This does happen.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-zogby/after-super-tuesday_b_85369.html

[Blue_State_Elitist]

1. Aww too bad.

I was hoping he'd admit to being a bought and paid for whore.

[IndieLeft]

13. That's uncalled for

[Blue_State_Elitist]

18. Are you the manners police?

[Cha]

31. Another crude representative

for hilary.

[K Gardner]

2. Why doesn't he just stop already. He's been notoriously inaccurate this year.

[Renew Deal]

6. He was good in Nevada, Iowa, and Missouri

It's not all bad.

[IndieLeft]

10. 13 out of 17 is Notoriously Inaccuarte?

That's news to me.

[TexasObserver]

19. he's been responsible twice for overestimating Obama and ...

... and in doing so, totally changing the expectations, which helped Hillary. California and New Hampshire. If memory serves, that was Zogby that led the charge on New Hampshire.

[K Gardner]

22. Yes, that was devastating on many levels. NH that is.

[RummyTheDummy]

30. Yes, it looked really devastating last night

[jlake]

3. I don't know why he thinks he can explain his mistakes like this.

Part of being a good pollster is not "underestimating" and "overestimating" demographic turnouts.
Zogby is never to be trusted - PERIOD.

[rinsd]

Seriously. One is supposed to be able to recognize those trends thru data.

[IndieLeft]

14. ...Only when he calls it for Hillary... Right?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

16. He Missed The Most Important Race By Twenty Three Fricken Points!!!

That's like an orthopedist amputating the wrong leg...

He's incompetent...

[jlake]

20. Ha! Unless Zogby was the surgeon: "It was only unsuccessful because I amputated the wrong leg"

[BootinUp]

25. Hey, Shit Happens. lol.

[jlake]

17. Nope. Never trust Zogby. EVER . That is my point.

.... especially in the GE this November.
Zogby is a major freeper.

[rinsd]

4. LOL, that's how Zomby explains nearly 25 pt swing?

Maybe you shouldn't have flogged your poll results showing an Obama surge so hard jackass!

[AX10]

5. Zogby has been wrong too many times.

Why can't he just admit that he was paid to make that damn poll?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. Maybe Zo(m)by Should Have Looked At The Fricken Census

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06000.html

[LoveMyCali]

12. Who would have figured

Hispanics in California. Imagine that, I thought only blonde surfer types lived in California. :sarcasm:

[DemocratSinceBirth]

15. Cali Is 55% White...35% Latino...6% African American...4% Asian Or Thereabouts

Duh-Zomby...

[MidwestTransplant]

8. Maybe he shouldn't be so arrogant as to think his numbers which were a mile off the others

were right.

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

9. That A.M. Zogby poll kicked the fence sitting Clintons off the Fence yesterday.

WWWF voice~ Mission Accomplished!!!

[rodeodance]

24. You know that for a fact?

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

27. No I don't. Just my own insight of events.

I will not argue with you. You are one of my favorites here, You are too special to me.

[rodeodance]

28. in my opine-that poll did not scare any supporters

[Sensitivity]

11. The powerfull South West Voter group owes Bill a lot. It was a mistake not

to understand their influence and what they could deliver for Clinton.
I attended on of the fundraiser Bill headed to raise big money for the group over
the last 10 years.

[smalll]

21. "Some of you may have noticed" -

:rofl:
Hey Zoggie, that's a ...

23% Margin of Error.

"This does happen." :rofl:

[caraher]

23. When did Zogby start writing like a Republican hack?

"On the other hand, will Democrat race degenerate into a repeat of 1968?"

[cottonseed]

26. About California: I'm a Pollster, just not a good one.

signed,

Zogby

[ruggerson]

29. Did he explain his business partner/brother who is an Obama superdelegate?

Or did he "underestimate" that too?

[bridgit]

32. Young or old, underestimating the Hispanic community's vote, influence, import in Calif....

is a form of anathema

[Norrin Radd]

33. They should've ran Morrissey as a candidate. n/t