Latest batch of Zogby-Wall Street Journal Gubnatorial polls

[Democratic Hawk]

I know Zogby is much derided around here but, nevertheless:

http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-flash06.html?project=elections06-ft

Dave

[Democratic Hawk]

He cannot always be that far wrong surely

Dave

[Democratic Hawk]

Alcon,

Those the Senate races. I'll post them on the Congressional board. The problem the link for both sets is exactly the same, you need to alternative between the two

Governors:

Arizona Napolitano 46.6% Goldwater 35.9%

Arkansas Beebe 47.2% Hutchison 41.3%

California Angelides 45.5% Schwarzenegger 40.7%

Colorado Ritter 39.9% Beauprez 38.1%

Florida Crist 42.3% Davis 39.5%

Georgia Perdue 48.3% Cox 39.2%

Illinois Blagojevich 42.7% Topinka 36.6%

Iowa Nussle 46.1% Culver 42.4%

Maryland O'Malley 48.1% Ehrlich 42.9%

Massachusetts Patrick 53% Healey 31.5%

Michigan Granholm 48.6% DeVos 42.9%

Minnesota Pawlenty 43.5% Hatch 42.6%

Nevada Goodman 42.7% Gibbons 39.8%

New York Spitzer 59.2% Weld 22.2%

Ohio Strickland 46.6% Blackwell 40.6%

Oregon Kulongoski 45.7% Atkinson 38.9%

Pennsylvania Rendell 46.6% Swann 41.6%

Texas Perry 36.3% Bell 20.7%

Wisconsin Green 47.4% Doyle 44.3%

Dave

[Democratic Hawk]

He cannot always be that far wrong surely

Dave

Here's the reason.  I can halfway trust his phone polls, because I'm sure he conducts phone polls like everyone else.

His internet polls derive from a self-selected group.  It is essentially those people who sign up for his polls on the Internet.  We can see the people this type of method will tend to favor and the type of people it won't.  His survey is full of those people who are super-interested in politics (typically partisans) and have Internet access and who also know who in the hell John Zogby is.  People it would leave out are those who not figured in this list.

I am actually one of those people who took this poll.  Not that I care about the results, mind you, but as you can see I fit the description perfectly.

Cheers Sam . Which poll did you take? Texas or Maryland

Dave