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Let's Stop the Polling Foolishness and Special Pleading
The Clinton folks really need to stop trying to use current polls to make their case against Obama. It simply reinforces the cliche that there are lies, damn lies, and then there are statistics.
Here are many of the latest poll results as compiled by RealClear Politics.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/
2008/latestpolls/index.html
It should be noted,
- It's notoriously difficult this far out from November to make predictions based on current polls.
- Knowing #1, how could anyone look at these polls and use them to determine who should win the Democratic Contest?
The fact is that Obama has played by the rules and is winning in the
delegate count. In addition, the national popular vote is a myth. It
is a bogus metric. And the media has done the country a disservice by
not explaining this adequately.
See, "The Myth of the Popular Vote (or why caucuses may be hazardous
to your representation)" and "A New Game: The Metrics Game" http://msa4.wordpress.com/
Democratic Presidential Nomination Gallup Tracking Obama 53, Clinton 42 Obama +11.0
California: McCain vs. Clinton Rasmussen McCain 35, Clinton 54 Clinton +19.0
California: McCain vs. Obama Rasmussen McCain 38, Obama 52 Obama +14.0
Democratic Presidential Nomination Rasmussen Tracking Obama 50, Clinton 42 Obama +8.0
Virginia: McCain vs. Obama SurveyUSA McCain 42, Obama 49 Obama +7.0
Pennsylvania: McCain vs. Clinton Quinnipiac McCain 37, Clinton 50 Clinton +13.0
Pennsylvania: McCain vs. Obama Quinnipiac McCain 40, Obama 46 Obama +6.0
Ohio: McCain vs. Clinton Quinnipiac McCain 41, Clinton 48 Clinton +7.0
Ohio: McCain vs. Obama Quinnipiac McCain 44, Obama 40 McCain +4.0
Florida: McCain vs. Clinton Quinnipiac McCain 41, Clinton 48 Clinton +7.0
Florida: McCain vs. Obama Quinnipiac McCain 45, Obama 41 McCain +4.0
General Election: McCain vs. Clinton IBD/TIPP Clinton 44, McCain 39 Clinton +5.0
General Election: McCain vs. Obama IBD/TIPP Obama 48, McCain 37 Obama +11.0
California: McCain vs. Clinton PPIC McCain 39, Clinton 51 Clinton +12.0
California: McCain vs. Obama PPIC McCain 37, Obama 54 Obama +17.0
General Election: McCain vs. Clinton Battleground Clinton 43, McCain 51 McCain +8.0
General Election: McCain vs. Obama Battleground Obama 49, McCain 47 Obama +2.0








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