Why are pollsters skewing the polls in favor of Obama?

Question

Do they know he has no chance unless they cheat?

"A plurality of Americans and more than seven in 10 Republicans say pollsters are intentionally skewing results to benefit President Obama, according to a new poll released Tuesday."

Read:http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/259655-poll-plurality-of-americans-believe-polls-biased-for-obama

Answer 1

Trying to convince republicans that it is all over and no need to vote, but it may backfire and cause more to vote.

Answer 2

So, according to you, proof that polls are completely bogus and can't be trusted, at all, is based upon.... wait for it.... an opinion poll?



So awesome an argument, I couldn't even make that stuff up.



Polling is a statistical science. If the polling were skewed, it would be easy to check because polls publish their sampling and statistical methodology. No one has been able to find one of these "skewed" polls based on that kind of analysis. Almost everyone on the earth, nearly 100% of those who would answer, at the time, believed that the earth was flat, and that the stars in the heavens revolved around the earth. That didn't make it so.



The latest talking point, being beaten as hard as possible, is that reality isn't real, because it's biased for Obama. If you step back, and look at the foundation and reasoning behind it, you'd be embarrassed to be repeating it, because it's nothing more than what a three year old would do when told that there are no cookies or ice cream available. Wishing it to not be true doesn't make it not true.



I realize this is the latest talking point by conservatives who love to brag that they won't be limited by facts or reality, but there is no validity to the claim, at all.

Answer 3

I puzzled Fox's very own polls, yet after some added study it may be approximately nicely suited FOX stats 80 4% for McCain 14% for Obama and what's the Rep to Dem Distribution in Fox interviews? 80 two% of the time Fox interview Republican supporters 18% of the time Fox interview Democrate suppporters i would not problem approximately any polls, too many aspects, media's decision to a occasion, the form of aim audience of that media, whether or no longer the ballot questions are biased and pollers sensitivity on matters ...etc etc - no 2 media are ever going to have precisely the comparable effects.

Answer 4

Of course Republicans are going to say that. They've been listening to morons like Rush Limbaugh and the rest of the conservative sound machine whining about the polls. All the survey the Hill wrote about proves is that the majority of people know nothing about how polling is actually done. Just because a majority of people think something doesn't mean that they aren't wrong.

Answer 5

Whether it's intentional or not, something is being skewed considering that every election year, polls show the Democrats are going to win, even in years when Democrats experience big losses.



Either way, I don't depend on public opinion polls to produce any kind of credible information and neither do the politicians. They do their own polls and they aren't sharing the results.

Answer 6

The vast majority of people in the news industry (and the entertainment industry) are Democrats and other forms of leftists. It is to their advantage to take the results of polls based on 2008 demographics.

Answer 7

Right........so is that why republicans have been caught red handed twice already trying to register new voters, but only filing the REPUBLICAN new voters, and forging others?



I guess they KNOW they have no chance unless they cheat.



What they were doing was actually ILLEGAL.

Answer 8

Justifying the Fraud they are already committing in early voting states. Watch out for your credit information & your ballot .

Answer 9

His ego demands it.



We are used to a lack of truth where Obama is concerned. Many of us don't believe some of the polls in the first case.

Answer 10

The media think it will discourage people from voting for Romney. They greatly underestimate our disgust for Obama.

Answer 11

Do you mean pollsters like the "liberal" FOX NEWS who also has Obama ahead?



I don't know. Ask Rupert Murdoch

Answer 12

with Soros, an O' Bummer lover, controlling the media, what else would you expect ?

Answer 13

need a tissue?

Answer 14

It must be very lonely in that house of lies and denial you live in. =(