Another Day, Another Hopelessly Slanted Poll Still Spells Trouble for Obama

Another Day, Another Hopelessly Slanted Poll Still Spells Trouble for Obama

Public polling is supposed to predict and reflect public opinion, not drive it.  But by the looks of two consecutive national surveys, it seems as though certain media organizations are far more interested in achieving the latter end than the former.  Yesterday, the Washington Post and ABC News published a poll purporting to show the presidential race tied at 47 percent.  As Dan mentioned, the poll 's partisan sample was a D+9, with a D/R/I of 33/24/36.  This is preposterous.  That would mean that this fall's electorate will be two points more Democratic than the Democrat wave year of...