"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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John Gaquin wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
Kerry Pulls Ahead of Bush in State Polls After Presidential Debate
Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry gained
ground......
Kerry has a 2 percentage point edge in Florida and the candidates are
tied in New Hampshire,.......
I've been in NH several times over the past couple of weeks, and had
lunch
with a number of folks who live around the state. They all get hit by
pollsters regularly, and to a man they agree that it is a fun game to
tease
the pollsters and manipulate the trends to keep the campaign dollars
flowing
until they run out. Most folks I talk to up there seem to be Bush
supporters, but they vary their poll answers. The game is to keep the
state
within a few percentage points so both campaigns will continue to spend
big
bucks on local advertisers, hotels, restaurants, transportation, etc.,
etc.
All politics is local [Tip O'Neill], and enlightened self-interest shall
rule the day.
Professional pollsters and professional poll employees anticipate such
folk, recognize when they have one, and discount them in the tallying.
A few "ringers" may slip through, but not many.
Exactly how?
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