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Published: 11/8/10

Two Pollsters Take Their Lumps Based on Election Day Results

By  Bruce Drake - Politics Daily
Two Pollsters Take Their Lumps Based on Election Day Results

Two very different polling organizations have taken their lumps since Election Day now that voters have actually spoken and pre-election forecasts can be judged by the results at the polls. One is the venerable Gallup organization whose name, after 75 years in the business, is synonymous with polling. The other is Rasmussen Reports, founded in 2003, which has made itself known by the sheer volume of national and state surveys it churns out during each election cycle. Gallup is a traditional pollster which, like the Pew Research Center and most major news organizations, conducts its surveys ...

Published: 10/3/08

Obama's Lead: Growing, Growing. . .

By  David Knowles - Politics Daily
Obama's Lead: Growing, Growing. . .

This race is a long way from over, but even arch-conservative Charles Krauthammer seems to see the writing on the wall:You can't blame McCain. In an election in which all the fudamentals are working for the opposition, he feels he has to keep throwing long in order to keep hope alive. Nonetheless, his frenetic improvisation has perversely (for him) framed the rookie challenger favorably as calm, stead and cool......he's [Obama has] got both a first-class intellect and a first-class temperament. That will likely be enough to make him president.Snap polls show independent voters prefered Obama ...

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