Tag Archive 'Turnout Models'

Oct 17 2010

What A Centrist Tsunami Would Mean To Democrats

In my previous post on the ‘most likely of voters‘ (those who requested absentee ballots and only have to submit them to transition to a ‘true voter‘ status) should not be underestimated or dismissed out of hand. The data from Nevada indicates a high probability that most pollsters are way off in their predictions for […]

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Nov 02 2008

WaPo Comes Clean On Pollster Turnout Models

Another leading polling expert, this time for the Washington Post, comes clean about the uncertainties in the voter turnout models which have produced Obama leads of +2 (a tie) to +15 in the same week from different pollsters. A must read for Americans so they understand why polls usually get the race wrong (only 1 […]

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