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« Reply #150 on: April 16, 2012, 07:57:29 PM »

So let's see:


Fox News:  Romney +2

Gallup: Romney +2

Rasmussen:  Romney +4

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Investor's Business Journal/Christian Science Monitor/TIPP:  Obama +8

CNN:  Obama +9




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« Reply #151 on: April 16, 2012, 08:02:56 PM »

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They had Obama up by 11 a month ago.

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« Reply #152 on: April 16, 2012, 08:15:16 PM »

Romney's pretty clearly recovered or been granted a bump at least somewhat, which wasn't something I necessarily thought wouldn't be the case even though I was holding out hope that it wouldn't be and am still heartened by how small it seems to have been relatively speaking, but the actual polls are all over the place and averaged out slightly favor Obama, which is about what I might have expected at this stage.
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« Reply #153 on: April 16, 2012, 08:26:47 PM »

The GOP made gains across the board in 2010.  Regardless, Obama is currently campaigning on a very popular issue.  I don't think what you are saying will be much of a factor.

You keep thinking that to be true, but people don't actually vote that way when higher taxes are threatening. See tax initiative 1098.

Oh, so if Obama stops campaigning on an issue that 60% of Americans agree with him on, that will help him win in the general?  Nice try.

Uh huh. That's why of course outrageous tax policies fail even in King County.

I'm sure a tax policy that was outrageous would.

Out of curiosity, under what circumstances, if any, would you actually accept a marginal tax increase on the highest bracket or couple of brackets?

Not would, has. We've already tried something very similar to the Buffett rule.

It would be extremely easy for an unscrupulous Pelosi to simply remove a '0' from the end of the Buffett rule tax and attack the middle class. Why would the middle class want to support the slippery slope of higher tax?

Horesepucky.
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« Reply #154 on: April 16, 2012, 08:27:59 PM »

The GOP made gains across the board in 2010.  Regardless, Obama is currently campaigning on a very popular issue.  I don't think what you are saying will be much of a factor.

You keep thinking that to be true, but people don't actually vote that way when higher taxes are threatening. See tax initiative 1098.

Oh, so if Obama stops campaigning on an issue that 60% of Americans agree with him on, that will help him win in the general?  Nice try.

Uh huh. That's why of course outrageous tax policies fail even in King County.

There were some issues that voters had with this particular tax reform proposal, but the vast majority of Americans believe that higher income earners can and should pay a little more in taxes.

Sorry.

Clearly of course not the majority of the voting public. New Jersey municipalities across the state have also voted down higher tax.
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« Reply #155 on: April 16, 2012, 08:33:22 PM »

The GOP made gains across the board in 2010.  Regardless, Obama is currently campaigning on a very popular issue.  I don't think what you are saying will be much of a factor.

You keep thinking that to be true, but people don't actually vote that way when higher taxes are threatening. See tax initiative 1098.

Oh, so if Obama stops campaigning on an issue that 60% of Americans agree with him on, that will help him win in the general?  Nice try.

Uh huh. That's why of course outrageous tax policies fail even in King County.

There were some issues that voters had with this particular tax reform proposal, but the vast majority of Americans believe that higher income earners can and should pay a little more in taxes.

Sorry.

Clearly of course not the majority of the voting public. New Jersey municipalities across the state have also voted down higher tax.

Again, tax policies might be rejected by the voters if the voters feel that there was problems with the legislation, like what happened in Washington state.  If there is a plan in place that leads to higher taxes on the middle-class or defeats the point of having progressive taxation, voters - even those who favor raising taxes on the rich - will oppose it.  Now, you can spin this any way you'd like, but the numbers show most Americans nationwide not agreeing with your position.
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« Reply #156 on: April 16, 2012, 09:12:30 PM »

Just to keep it interesting... here's the latest CNN poll:
Obama 52
Romney 43

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2012/images/04/16/rel4a.pdf.

Crap poll. CNN hasn't exactly been the gold standard in national polling.

Questionablecrosstabsoutlierjunkpoll

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QCTOJP, for short.
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« Reply #157 on: April 16, 2012, 09:47:03 PM »

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They had Obama up by 11 a month ago.

Well, then this is the big one for me. As much as I'd like to think Romney is leading right now, I still think Obama has a small lead, within the margin of error.

What this poll shows, though, is that Governor Romney is closing the gap, and those who thought the election was over and Obama is guaranteed a 2nd term are mistaken.
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« Reply #158 on: April 16, 2012, 10:32:32 PM »

We are now at the point where we can actually start looking at general election polls without laughing too much.

As I said middle of last year, this particular election cycle still looks to me to be a reversion to the world of 1996-2004 at all levels.  I really don't see how Romney/Obama go below 47 or above 52 in the end.  And I don't see how the Democrats take the House back.  Senate is still 50-50 in my view - the seats that can flip in a 1996-2004 world (i.e. <10%) are:

DEM to GOP: Florida, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Virginia, Wisconsin
GOP to DEM: Arizona, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada (Indiana could flip if open)
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« Reply #159 on: April 17, 2012, 12:10:52 AM »

various simultaneous polls are pretty likely to be all over the place until November. the obvious thing to do for everyone is shut up and trust Nate Silver
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« Reply #160 on: April 17, 2012, 12:35:50 AM »

various simultaneous polls are pretty likely to be all over the place until November. the obvious thing to do for everyone is shut up and trust Nate Silver
Speaking of which, by this time in 2008 he was doing much more than he is now towards projecting the general election. Looking forward to seeing that happen soon!
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« Reply #161 on: April 17, 2012, 09:56:46 AM »

For god's sake guys it clearly matters if one guy is up on another guy nationally. If someone wins the PV by 1 percent I guarantee they'll win the EV.

Uh, nope. While he prevailed by 2.4% in the PV, Bush would have lost Ohio if you moved about 60k votes to the other side. In 1876, Tilden won the PV with over 3%.

In theory you could obtain a majority of the EVs with only around 24% of the PV.

Again, the PV is useless.
Theoretically, yes, but in reality, national polls are an indicator of how the states will vote. 1876 was a long time ago and Tilden racked up huge margins in many states, the likes of which we will not see this year, apart from DC, maybe Utah.
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« Reply #162 on: April 17, 2012, 12:43:45 PM »

Romney is now up 48-43 on Gallup.
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« Reply #163 on: April 17, 2012, 12:58:59 PM »

That proves Gallup Is both a joke and using 2010 numbers for likely voters.

Even then they had Republicans winning by 18 and they won by 6.
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« Reply #164 on: April 17, 2012, 02:06:48 PM »

That proves Gallup Is both a joke and using 2010 numbers for likely voters.

Technically it's a poll of registered voters but they may be weighting things weirdly.

They're also polling 40% on cell phones.
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« Reply #165 on: April 18, 2012, 02:27:17 PM »
« Edited: April 18, 2012, 02:31:31 PM by ShadowOfTheWave »

Rasmussen:
Romney 47%
Obama 43%

Gallup:
Romney 48%
Obama 44%

These polls are obviously wrong. Dailykos & PPP are much more trustworthy and unbiased.
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« Reply #166 on: April 18, 2012, 02:41:10 PM »

PPP certainly is, anyway.
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« Reply #167 on: April 18, 2012, 02:44:09 PM »


Well, Rasmussen's final tracking poll from last time was Obama 52/McCain 46, so excuse me if I don't completely discount them.
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« Reply #168 on: April 18, 2012, 02:57:10 PM »

Why won't you folks understand that polls are not immediately rejected just because the numbers may not be on our side?  Liberals here have no-noed polls COUNTLESS times that give Obama the advantage simply because certain factors make the poll unreliable.  We trust polling firms like PPP because more election results confirm its credibility more-so than certain other firms.  The remarks I'm seeing here are quite boastful and immature; of course, it's hard to expect better from some individuals here.
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« Reply #169 on: April 18, 2012, 03:23:25 PM »


Well, Rasmussen's final tracking poll from last time was Obama 52/McCain 46, so excuse me if I don't completely discount them.

They were terrible in 2010 and their crosstabs are questionable, but they were good last Presidential election, yes.
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« Reply #170 on: April 18, 2012, 04:04:01 PM »

With the kind of fighting going on in this thread over poll quality, you'd think the election was this upcoming Tuesday.
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« Reply #171 on: April 18, 2012, 09:29:39 PM »

With the kind of fighting going on in this thread over poll quality, you'd think the election was this upcoming Tuesday.

Very true.  I really don't particularly trust Rasmussen or PPP to a certain extent at this point because they both have an agenda of some sort to promote.

Nationally, what I can't figure out about Rasmussen in 2010 is that his Congressional generic ballot was so off, yet his partisan ID numbers and Obama approval were dead-on accurate.
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« Reply #172 on: April 19, 2012, 12:55:44 PM »

Rasmussen:
Romney 46%
Obama 45%

Gallup:
Romney 48%
Obama 43%

At least Romney's holding the same amount of support McCain got last election, if it moves below that we might be in trouble.
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« Reply #173 on: April 21, 2012, 01:11:07 AM »

Scott be trollin'. 
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« Reply #174 on: April 21, 2012, 09:47:18 AM »

The President back ahead with Scott: 47-45. Smiley
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