Two Gallup Polls out today: Clinton beats McCain by 6; McCain beats Clinton by 1

[Bucky]

There's no typo in the headline, folks. This year's election has officially become self-negating. Gallup's poll conducted for USA Today shows Clinton would be McCain by six points in a face to face match up. The hope this poll inspires is slightly undermined by another poll by the Gallup Organization released the same day which shows McCain beating Clinton by a razor thin 1%.

Via TPM Election Central

Pres '08
. . Apr 21 USA Today/Gallup (link)
. . . . Obama (D) 47%, McCain (R) 44%
. . . . Clinton (D) 50%, McCain (R) 44%


Pres '08
. . Apr 21 Gallup (link)
. . . . Obama (D) 45%, McCain (R) 45%
. . . . McCain (R) 46%, Clinton (D) 45%

I think all the pollsters this year are trying to tell us to fuck off.

[featherman]

1. An inexact science at best - funny stuff, polling

[depakid]

6. Actually, it can be fairly accurate, if it's done right (which it almost always isn't in the states)

I attribute that as much as anything to America's pervasive "culture of lies," where dishonesty (often bought and paid for) has become an acceptable way to manipulate public opinion.

Contrast that with the polling done in last year' selections in Australia, where one didn't see such extreme variance and radical swings (and which has, ahem, paper ballots counted by hand).

Basically, Americans are played for suckers on an almost daily basis. And seemingly, some like that, provided it reinforces pre-conceived notions or hopes about their candidates.

[Pirate Smile]

2. You've got Clinton in your subject line twice.

[GoesTo11]

3. That was the point.

[Pirate Smile]

4. Sorry - I read it too fast.

Duh!

[Bucky]

5. Heh: I should correct it to "Gallup poll has McCain tied with Obama, who beats McCain by 3%"

I used to be a pollster. I could never pull this shit off.