Does This Make The Polls Suspect?

I have been arguing this one for some time.

I actually think there are some very good reasons to doubt the polls:

http://andrews.blogtownhall.com/2008/10/18/how_acorn_can_sk ew_polls.thtml

In that post I argued that by skewing the demographics and party numbers of various states, ACORN's bogus registrations made polls weighted for party affiliation, or polls which try to match demographics for various states, over represent pro-Obama voters.

That is not the only reason to doubt the polls, there are always the simple unrecognized variables (such as time of day, day of week, etc which can skew results) and the possibility of simply slanted questions, as well as misreporting polling subjects.

In any case, it would hardly be the first time polls would been completely wrong:

http://andrews.blogtownhall.com/2008/10/11/one_more_thing_t o_recall.thtml

http://andrews.blogtownhall.com/2008/10/16/ann_coulter_imit ates_me.thtml

Though I have to give you credit for a unique measure. I never thought of television ratings as a gauge of popularity for candidates.

Thanks for stopping by. I'm telling you I'm on to something here.

As far as ACORN, I agree. One thing is obvious, these "the democrats are out-registering the GOP 3 to 1, etc" are seriously in doubt because of ACORN.