Jeff Flake claims plummeting approval ratings are due to skewed PPP polls
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« on: May 02, 2013, 08:41:26 PM »
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/jeff-flake-ppp-poll-structured-to-make-me

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Because claims about skewed polls worked out so well last election. What we need is Dean Chambers going around Arizona and making guesses based on how many NRA bumper stickers he sees in Arizona.
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« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2013, 08:43:23 PM »
Maybe a different time, but we already did this story.
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« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2013, 08:50:20 PM »
Unskewedpolls.com anyone?
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« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2013, 08:55:22 PM »
He's probably right, considering PPP's partisan nature and tendency to overstate Democrat numbers, at least early on.
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« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2013, 09:18:58 PM »
Quote from: Oldiesfreak1854 on May 02, 2013, 08:55:22 PM
He's probably right, considering PPP's partisan nature and tendency to overstate Democrat numbers, at least early on.

But they always post an accurate poll at the end to maintain street cred
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« Reply #5 on: May 03, 2013, 02:08:41 AM »
Quote from: Oldiesfreak1854 on May 02, 2013, 08:55:22 PM
He's probably right, considering PPP's partisan nature and tendency to overstate Democrat numbers, at least early on.

PPP Ohio
6 months out: Obama +3
1 month out: Obama +4
2 weeks out: Obama +4
1 week out: Obama +5
Final: Obama +5

Dirty little tricksters
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« Reply #6 on: May 03, 2013, 02:29:40 AM »
Is it too early to be pushing Sinema 2018?
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« Reply #7 on: May 03, 2013, 05:25:51 AM »
Quote from: badgate on May 02, 2013, 09:18:58 PM
Quote from: Oldiesfreak1854 on May 02, 2013, 08:55:22 PM
He's probably right, considering PPP's partisan nature and tendency to overstate Democrat numbers, at least early on.

But they always post an accurate poll at the end to maintain street cred

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« Reply #8 on: May 03, 2013, 06:03:34 AM »
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« Reply #9 on: May 03, 2013, 10:20:49 AM »
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« Reply #10 on: May 04, 2013, 06:41:25 PM »
Quote from: Oldiesfreak1854 on May 02, 2013, 08:55:22 PM
He's probably right, considering PPP's partisan nature and tendency to overstate Democrat numbers, at least early on.

PPP had a Republican bias last year.
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« Reply #11 on: May 04, 2013, 06:43:15 PM »

The November 2012 polling places over sampled blacks.

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/dec/26/news/la-pn-black-voter-turnout-2012-election-20121226
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« Reply #12 on: May 04, 2013, 07:06:58 PM »
Flake broke a promise to voters, and the usual result -- a bad polling number results. Blaming the pollster is like blaming a CPA firm for the embezzlement that it catches.
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