The other thing that struck me about that is, this guy's premise is that an honest McCain victory is inconceivable ("That word ... you use it a lot.") because all the polls he likes show Obama 13-14 points ahead, and because one statistician/pundit says it's going to go down that way. (Though even he shows the popular vote very, very close. It's not just how many votes you've got, it's where they are.) But I've seen polls showing Obama and McCain still tied, and some showing McCain in the lead.
The truth is, a poll pretty much ends up saying what the poll-taker wanted it to say. We'll know the election results after the election, and until then, all the polls in the world are pretty much just empty rah-rah.
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Date: 2008-10-22 03:18 pm (UTC)The truth is, a poll pretty much ends up saying what the poll-taker wanted it to say. We'll know the election results after the election, and until then, all the polls in the world are pretty much just empty rah-rah.