Little-Acorn
Well-Known Member
I've pointed out a number of polls that show Obama ahead by 1%, 3%, as much as 7%. But they do it by asking 20%, 30%, or even 40% more Democrats than Republicans. In other words, they are saying that if 40% more Dems vote on Nov. 6, than Republicans, then Obama will will win by 7%
But one polling group (Rasmussen Reports) has actually been keeping count of how many Dems and Republicans there are in the country. The latest count (published Sept. 1) says they are almost exactly even - there are equal number of Dems and Repubs in the country. And they base their own polls on those numbers, not on lopsided Democrat numbers. And their polls regularly come out even or with Romney slightly ahead.
If you take the data from other polls, and "weight" it by the ACTUAL numbers of Dems and Republicans in the country, the results come out quite differently from what those polls tried to report.
See http://www.unskewedpolls.com
See click on the small picture below. Puts a rather different look on Romney's election prospects, doesn't it?
But one polling group (Rasmussen Reports) has actually been keeping count of how many Dems and Republicans there are in the country. The latest count (published Sept. 1) says they are almost exactly even - there are equal number of Dems and Repubs in the country. And they base their own polls on those numbers, not on lopsided Democrat numbers. And their polls regularly come out even or with Romney slightly ahead.
If you take the data from other polls, and "weight" it by the ACTUAL numbers of Dems and Republicans in the country, the results come out quite differently from what those polls tried to report.
See http://www.unskewedpolls.com
See click on the small picture below. Puts a rather different look on Romney's election prospects, doesn't it?