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New Hampshire's Democratic Party Polling Fiasco

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Posted by gorb 2008-01-09 00:43|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Notice the careful, cautious, nuanced approach when it's the Dem candidate who surprises.

LOL

Posted by lotp 2008-01-09 06:24|| 2008-01-09 06:24|| Front Page Top

#2 Maybe people are finally taking Mike Royko's advice and lying to pollsters.
Or maybe a lot of pollsters are asking the wrong questions. I've gotten a few issue phone polls over the years, and in no case did their canned list of questions match my concerns well.

Posted by James">James 2008-01-09 08:33|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com]">[http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com] 2008-01-09 08:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Or it could be more "independent" voters were shipped into NH from Massachusetts by some candidate's get out the vote efforts. That might explain ballot shortages as much as the weather. Do any of the candidates have experience with that kind of thing? Hmmm.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-01-09 08:35|| 2008-01-09 08:35|| Front Page Top

#4 IIRC when you show up to the polls in NH, all you have to declare is an intent to establish residency in order to get to vote in the primary. Someone else can correct this point.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-01-09 08:40|| 2008-01-09 08:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Do any of the candidates have experience with that kind of thing?

Sure - like the busloads of college kids who showed up to vote in Iowa over winter break. ;-)

Posted by lotp 2008-01-09 09:02|| 2008-01-09 09:02|| Front Page Top

#6 Or the polls were like they were during the last presidential election.

About as correct as a liberal.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-01-09 09:34|| 2008-01-09 09:34|| Front Page Top

#7 Hillary cried
Obama died

Posted by mhw">mhw 2008-01-09 11:20|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/] 2008-01-09 11:20|| Front Page Top

#8 Watching Fox they refused to call the race early because they said two precincts came in %99 for Hillary and that didn't seem possible.
They never repeated that statement.

Posted by 3dc 2008-01-09 12:06|| 2008-01-09 12:06|| Front Page Top

#9 Dead voters never get polled.

Posted by wxjames 2008-01-09 13:20|| 2008-01-09 13:20|| Front Page Top

#10 But they sure do vote for the Dems, wx.

Early and often.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-01-09 17:56|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-01-09 17:56|| Front Page Top

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