Have the polls driven you insane?

[Volrath50]

I almost went insane after the Canadian polls were off by about 5% or more on June 28th. I eventually resigned myself to the American polls. Now they have driven me insane. I never want to see another damn poll again. Polling should be banned. All pollsters are evil.

ARRGGHH!!! And then their is the damn British Election next year. Inevitably, I'll watch those damn polls to see who will run the mother country. And they'll probably be wrong too. Thankfull, then I can safely ignore polls until the Canadian government falls. Hopefully that won't be for years. I HATE POLLS!!!!

[Volrath50]

You seem to be implying that we were not insane before.  We could be doing damn near anything we want.  We could be at a bar, or playing the most advanced video games in the world.  We have televisions with hundreds of channels.  Instead we sit here and talk politics.

We could be out with women.  Instead we sit here and tease Shira.

Driven us insane?  We started long past insanity.  If anything we have come out the other end of insanity and are quite normal again.

And then there are those of us who play video games about politics....

I had better damn well become an MP later in life, or I'm really going to consider 2004 a complete and total waste of my life.

[Volrath50]

I almost went insane after the Canadian polls were off by about 5% or more on June 28th. I eventually resigned myself to the American polls. Now they have driven me insane. I never want to see another damn poll again. Polling should be banned. All pollsters are evil.

ARRGGHH!!! And then their is the damn British Election next year. Inevitably, I'll watch those damn polls to see who will run the mother country. And they'll probably be wrong too. Thankfull, then I can safely ignore polls until the Canadian government falls. Hopefully that won't be for years. I HATE POLLS!!!!

Yeah, I remember that.  They predicted that Harper would almost win or would actually win and then Martin won by almost 40 seats.

*mutter mutter* incompetent pollsters...

Yep. My family and I watched CBC stunned that it wasn't even close.  I actually accepted their explanation that their was a last minute Liberal surge. (Which, BTW, didn't touch my riding, as a popular incumbant Liberal Cabinet minister was defeated by a nobody Conservative).

Now that at least half of all pollsters are going to be wrong on Tuesday, I think I've given up any remaining trust I had in the polling industry.

The two biggest pieces of bolonga: Seat Projection Models, and Likely Voter Screens.

[Volrath50]

A recent Gallup poll indicates that none of the voices in my head think I'm insane.

(A survey of 100 likely voices was conducted by Gallup from October 5th-8th, 16th-21st, and 31st.  Margin of error +/- 4.5 voices)

Must be some aggressive likely voice screen. Zogby has 25% of registered voices thinking you are insane. But that's with last election's insanity level. Reweighting it gives you an insanity level around 67%.