On the Latest Gallup Poll - Independents Prefer McCain

[5711-Marine]

On the Latest Gallup Poll - Independents Prefer McCain
PoliGazette ^

Posted on Saturday, October 11, 2008 4:32:20 PM by Chet 99

The latest Gallup Poll has Barack Obama up by 9%. It is for the sixth day in a row that he has such a sizable lead.

Instead of taking the numbers for granted I decided to have a look at the breakdown by party affiliation and ideology. The results were highly interesting, leading me to wonder just how it is possible that Gallup gave Obama such a tremendous lead.

Here is the breakdown:




Note the difference, especially, with “Pure Independents.” Unlike what the media have been telling us for weeks, Obama is not leading among this group of voters.

I cannot help but wonder what sample Gallup uses. It seems to me that it has to use many more Democrats than Independents and Republicans in order to show an Obama lead of 9%, no? Or am I missing something here?

Not trying to play the conspiracy theorist here, but something seems off here. No?

[Pector55]

Yeah, I've been watching stuff like this too. The pollsters are weighting polls to deliver results in line with their strategy. Is there any wonder the two parties are so polarized? The media is losing their power due to so much non-MSM information sharing. Those who are aware of the propagand machine are becoming more and more bitter IMO.

[adymond]

I would like to see the publication of political polls to stop. They are not scientific. I think the polls are used to energize one party while deflating another party. Exit polls are crap too for the same reason.