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Oh My: The Brutal Post-Debate Focus Group

OldArmy Wrote: Oct 05, 2012 10:25 AM
The focus group was white, middle class. No one in the Obama-phone class is represented here. Interesting that the focus group does not represent the majority of Americans, the under-educated masses, illiterate and over-dependent groups who just want what someone else has......
swcoolbreeze Wrote: Oct 05, 2012 2:24 PM
Pay attention. The focus group was comprised of non-committed voters. Not those who don't vote, can't vote, or are who have been bought by free phones, contraceptives, abortions, or the myriad other gov't subsidies and give-aways.
Becca in TX Wrote: Oct 05, 2012 10:39 AM
OldArmy-Voter participation in that group is very low.

The only focus group you really needed to get the gist of how this debate turned out was the circus on MSNBC after it ended.  The anchors ranged from morose to unhinged.  But what about the rest of America?  I flagged a few nuggets from the network's insta-polls last night, but let's circle back, shall we?  First up is CNN, which polled 430 American adults (not likely, or even registered, voters) with a D+4 sample.  So the deck was somewhat stacked to begin with.  And yet:
 

- 67 percent said Romney won the debate, 25 percent...

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