DC Area/Heart+Mind Strategies: Obama leads in DC and MD suburbs, tied in NoVa

[Craigo]

Why are we so sure this poll excludes the independent cities?  Simply because the editor's note did not laboriously list them?  I don't think so. And when the poll was conducted, if someone said they were from Alexandria, the poll would exclude them, when purporting to poll NOVA? Really?  Please connect the dots guys. It seems ludicrous to me. Sure maybe the pollsters are nutters, but you guys will need a smoking gun to make your case here, like some admission from them that that is exactly what they did, because they are in fact nuts. Thank you.

The story "laboriously" noted the seven counties of NoVa they polled. If you want to argue that the cities were included, the burden of proof is on you.

[Craigo]

I emailed the author of the story for a clarification, specifically asking if Alexndria, Fredericksburg, etc. had been polled. She repeated the list of counties, and said "Those are the designated areas we are told where the polling took place."

[Craigo]

I emailed the author of the story for a clarification, specifically asking if Alexndria, Fredericksburg, etc. had been polled. She repeated the list of counties, and said "Those are the designated areas we are told where the polling took place."

So, she's basically saying the pollster sent her a list of those, and refusing to make any further inference.  I think this is a case where you need to contact the pollster directly.

I sent them the same email just now, but the public email address is undeliverable. It's after business hours, so I can't call.

But needless to say my confidence in this firm is not increased.