Comments | jpmassar: The Pollsters Never Rest.

jpmassar

The Pollsters Never Rest.

Oct 21, 2012 11:13

One of these polls is not like the others, one of these polls just isn't the same. The eleven polls I have recorded since the last report: Gravis: 44-46, YouGov: 47-46, Rasmussen tracking: 47-49, Gallup tracking: 45-52, Ipsos: 46-43, Tipp/IBD: 48-42, Uconn: 48-45, PPP: 48-48, NBC: 47-47, UPI/CV: 46-48, Rand: 48-46. Can you guess which one is not ( Read more... )

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schmengie October 21 2012, 19:49:07 UTC

re Gravis..they do not have Obama +3
http://www.gravispolls.com/2012/10/romney-up-2-in-latest-national-poll.html

with that change its Romney 46.5 Obama 46.2
Romney +0.3

jpmassar October 22 2012, 01:31:12 UTC

Correct. And I see how I made the error. I jotted down the poll results, and had it as 44-46, but the second 4 was all squiggly, and
I misread it as a 9.

I will fix. Let's see how much that changes things.

jpmassar October 22 2012, 01:38:14 UTC

Fixed. I don't get your result. I get 46.7

(avg 44 47 47 45 46 48 48 48 47 46 48) -> 46.7

schmengie October 22 2012, 01:41:27 UTC

i did it quickly...i am sure u are right

schmengie October 28 2012, 13:44:00 UTC

interesting that the one of these that is not like the others now is the Rand Focus Group...talk about outlier..Obama +7 with Obama at 51.15