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Poll Farce: Pew Oversamples Democrats to Boost Obama
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conservativebyte.com — On what alternate universe will Democrats enjoy a D +19 turnout advantage over Republicans on election day? Well, that would be Planet Pew:

The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted July 16-26, 2012, among 2,508 adults, including 1,956 registered voters, finds that, in keeping with his favorability advantage, Obama continues to hold a sizable lead over Romney in the election contest. Currently, 51% say they support Obama or lean toward him, while 41% support or lean toward Romney.

Except….

Sample Size:

459 Republicans

813 Democrats

599 Independents

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Do you believe the polls showing Obama looking favorable after 4 years of economic disaster?
No, absolutely not. The liberals in media are ginning up democRAT enthusiasm in fear of their internal polling.
81%
Yes, I am a liberal and naive enough to believe everything my minders tell me.
6.2%
You have to chuckle over the over sampling of left wing leaners.
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C'mon now the pollsters and media are as honest as any politician. Give 'em a break.
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This is not a scientific survey, click here to learn more. Results may not total 100% due to rounding and voting descrepencies.
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From Mark Twain:

Election polls in general fall into Twain’s famous category of lies: “statistics.” Since the advent of the mass media, polls have been used more for swaying public opinion than reporting it. And the reason for this is obvious: no one likes to be on the losing side, so polls are a golden opportunity to tell the voter which side will win so they can save themselves the embarrassment of advocating an unpopular opinion. When you add to this that most people are badly informed, that most people don’t live (or vote) by convictions, and that the two-party system forces most people to vote pragmatically, the polls become a self-fulfilling prophecy. You don’t want to vote for that guy! He’s unelectable! Oh, well, I don’t want to vote a guy into office that’s unelectable! I guess I’ll cast my ballot for this other guy.
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