Reply #15: Be Wary, But Don't Let It Sway You [View All]

[KharmaTrain]

I just looked at the poll results on realclearpolitics.com...that shows the poll data and you shake your head and wonder how two companies could come up with such varied results. The reasons are many, but it's the perception game I know you're refering to.

There's a difference in this race that may work in our favor. In 2000, Bunnypants was the challenger, this time he has to defend and the undecideds and independents that broke toward him as "something different/new" aren't going this way this time and hopefully they're starting to swing toward Kerry.

Polls are like snapshots...they show you where things might have been, but they don't say where they are or where things are going...especially the horse race numbers Gallup and these other companies play with.

On Gallup, there are tons of strings on here going into the many conflicts between Gallup & CNN and their flawed methodology. My outrage has been how CNNservative uses those numbers as though they're the "official" ones and other polls are inferior. This morning they had a game show host "newsman" recite that according to a "CNN Poll", Bunnypants has 301 electoral votes. He said it in a declarative way; despite most numbers I've seen show the race far closer. No qualifier, no mention of conflicts...but I sense people see all these goofy polls and say "this doesn't reflect how I'm feeling".

Cheers!