Big ten crappy college polls

[MR maverick]

http://www.bigtenpoll.org/

Obama is leading in all these states according to this. 

[BlueSwan]

Crappy poll indeed. Obama ahead everywhere: Indiana by 10 points, Ohio by 12 points, Michigan by 22 (!) points, Minnesota by 19 points, Iowa by 13 points, Pennsylvania by 11 points, Illinois by 29 points, Wisconsin by 13 points.

[MR maverick]

I bet those people where playing with the pollster LOL.

These have Tom Bradley written all over them.

The Iowa poll I can see , but up 10 in strong red IN is crazy.

[kevinatcausa]

I bet those people where playing with the pollster LOL.

These have Tom Bradley written all over them.

The Iowa poll I can see , but up 10 in strong red IN is crazy.

Never read maliciousness into what can be explained by sheer incompetence. 

If it existed, the Bradley effect would be approximately uniform across polls, and not solely in absurd results like this one. 

[Wiz in Wis]

To be fair, only Indiana and Ohio seem well off base. Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois and Pennsylvania look solid compared to other polls, and Minnesota and Michigan are at least defensible.

[exopolitician]

I saw this on MSNBC a little bit ago. I laughed.....a lot.

[Democratic Hawk]

Well, they tell a pretty different story from their polls of Sep. 18

Minnesota: Obama 57 (+10); McCain 38 (-7)

Iowa: Obama 52 (+7); McCain 39 (-6)

Wisconsin: Obama 53 (+8); McCain 40 (-4)

Illinois: Obama 61 (+8); McCain 32 (-5)

Indiana: Obama 51 (+8); McCain 41 (-6)

Michigan: Obama 58 (+10); McCain 36 (-8)

Ohio: Obama 53 (+7); McCain 41 (-4)

Pennsylvania: Obama 52 (+7); McCain 41 (-4)

[Eraserhead]

Man, if I thought for a second that these were real, I'd probably take acid and run down the street naked for the sake of the celebration.

[JohnCA246]

zoooooewwwhee that's what I call a poll dump.  I'm really doubting these numbers, but I woudln't say they are inconceivable at this point.  I cant think of an election since 1932 occurring so close to a stock plunge.  So I'm not buying it, but wouldn't be shocked if something like this happened.

[Lief 🗽]

The trends are interesting, considering that these polls weren't so Obama friendly last time they were in the field.

[tokar]

We'll see how Nate weighs these.

[TheGlobalizer]

Polling simply was not this bad in 2008.

There really needs to be a pollster rating organization, because these results are absurd.

[Wiz in Wis]

Polling simply was not this bad in 2008.

In the words of Ron Burgundy... That doesn't make sense

[TheGlobalizer]

Polling simply was not this bad in 2004.

In the words of Ron Burgundy... That doesn't make sense

Fixed.

[Tender Branson]

All too good to be true, especially Indiana ...

[Ronnie]

LOL @ IN and OH.

[Boris]

Did we actually enter these polls into the database?

[MR maverick]

Polling simply was not this bad in 2008.

There really needs to be a pollster rating organization, because these results are absurd.

I agree

Who got the 2004 election right?

From what i saw on RCP it was that lefty abc/ cbs polls that had it spot on Bush 49%  Kerry 47% ?

[TheGlobalizer]

Polling simply was not this bad in 2008.

There really needs to be a pollster rating organization, because these results are absurd.

I agree

Who got the 2004 election right?

From what i saw on RCP it was that lefty abc/ cbs polls that had it spot on Bush 49%  Kerry 47% ?

IBD/TIPP and Rasmussen were solid in 2004.

[MR maverick]

How good has gallup been at doing polling they have been around forever.

[??????????]

I saw this on MSNBC a little bit ago. I laughed.....a lot.

Yeah, I saw it on MSLSD earlier and I LOL'ed.