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« on: July 08, 2008, 03:15:44 PM »

Why Barr first again?  Anyway, PPP is getting close to deserving the (D) beside it.  In fact, I would probably do it, but I abhor the whining it would engender.

Kissell is about where I would expect him, otoh...

Why not poll Barr? I mean he is on the ballot in Nov.

Simply listing him at all along with the other two candidates gives his name extra weight that it simply will not have on the ballot.  I mean, why not list the Constitution Party candidate?  The Green candidate?  Socialist Worker candidate?

The preferred way of treating a poll would be to ask whether or not a voter will be supporting "Barack Obama, John McCain, or someone else" for President.  And when given "someone else," inquire who that "someone else" is.
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« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2008, 03:53:13 PM »

Why are they polling districts only? Over 4th of July weekend? Barr with 7%? Yeah right....

It was a poll done for Kissell's benefit that also asked about the Presidential race.  Because it showed encouraging numbers for Obama, they released that info too.
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« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2008, 02:08:46 PM »

Why Barr first again?  Anyway, PPP is getting close to deserving the (D) beside it.  In fact, I would probably do it, but I abhor the whining it would engender.

Kissell is about where I would expect him, otoh...

Why not poll Barr? I mean he is on the ballot in Nov.

Simply listing him at all along with the other two candidates gives his name extra weight that it simply will not have on the ballot.  I mean, why not list the Constitution Party candidate?  The Green candidate?  Socialist Worker candidate?

Right now Barr is the only other candidate besides McCain and Obama on the ballot in North Carolina.  Given North Carolina's ballot access laws, it is highly likely those three will be the only candidates on the ballot.  (North Carolina law requires a petition signed by 2% of the last gubernatorial vote, 69,734 signatures.)  Including only Barr of the minor candidates in the question is the right approach for North Carolina.

Though including him will still have the same effect of artificially inflating his numbers.  He's not getting any higher than maybe 2–3%.
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