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Published: 08/31/10

Gallup, Barna: A Tale of Two Polling Operations and Their Curious Midterm Numbers

By  Jeffrey Weiss - Politics Daily
Gallup, Barna: A Tale of Two Polling Operations and Their Curious Midterm Numbers

Two polls were recently released. One indicates the Democrats are in deep trouble come November. The other not so much. Polls taken today are about as meaningful as preseason football games, but it's still a puzzlement. Let's do a tale of the tape: In this corner, weighing in with 1,540 registered voters queried Aug. 23-29 with a claimed 95 percent confidence level (plus or minus four percentage points): The venerable Gallup Poll. In that corner, weighing in with 1,000 adults queried Aug. 16-22, with a claimed 95 percent confidence level (plus or minus 3.5 percent): The Barna Group. Up ...

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