A Survey USA poll out tonight seems to indicate that George Allen's lead in Virginia is stable at six points. Hopefully Allen will run a smart campaign from here on out and win a second term.
« Rep. Mark Foley Resigns Over Lewd Messages To Minors | Main | Foley Reaction »
A Survey USA poll out tonight seems to indicate that George Allen's lead in Virginia is stable at six points. Hopefully Allen will run a smart campaign from here on out and win a second term.
Send e-mail tips to us:
Get Wizbang in your inbox by submitting your email address below.
Let's sure hope that this won't become all the rage, but not only Jeremy Scott's 2010 Spring Collection fashion show in London as well Kelly Osbourne all seem to channeling...
5:53 PM |
0 comments
Just like a bad cold or the flu, you just knew it was coming on. General Larry Pratt's outrageous song, "Pants On The Ground" has finally debuted on the BILLBOARD...
3:07 PM |
0 comments
... for the inevitable:Israel's air force on Sunday introduced a fleet of huge pilotless planes that can remain in the air for a full day and fly as far as...
2:56 PM |
7 comments
General Petraeus on our fight in Afghanistan:The head of US Central Command has said the current offensive around the southern Afghan town of Marjah is the initial operation of a...
2:33 PM |
6 comments
My cyber-friend Tom Graffagnino has sent the following to me and I thought many of you would enjoy it:So, Al's hockey schtick is broken....Al's "consensus" has been Gore'd.Al's Zamboni's just...
2:05 PM |
6 comments
...brothers who are captured and interrogated are permitted by allah to provide information when they believe they have reached the limit of their ability to withhold it in the face of psychological and physical hardship.
12:13 PM |
27 comments
Back in October, 2008, I wrote a post about how House Democrats were trying to find a way to nationalize the American people's retirement accounts by requiring that all Americans...
12:10 AM |
34 comments
Democrats and their enablers in the media are exulting at the results of the CPAC presidential straw poll that declared Ron Paul the winner of the conference's meeting this weekend....
7:49 PM |
25 comments
The new bigger and wider 2010 three wheeled Can-Am Spyder RT-S touring motorcycle is an interesting package. With prices ranging from $20,999 to $24,999, the Spyder RT-S includes a vast...
5:24 PM |
0 comments
Pop singer Huey Lewis was apparently not invited to join in on latest version of "We Are The World". So, he decided to take matters into his own hands and...
3:48 PM |
0 comments
* denotes a recently updated blog
Publisher: Kevin Aylward
Editors: Jim Addison, Bill Jempty
All original content copyright © 2007 by Wizbang®, LLC. All rights reserved. Wizbang® is a registered service mark.
Powered by Movable Type 3.35
Hosting by ServInt
Ratings on this site are powered by the Ajax Ratings Pro plugin for Movable Type.
Search on this site is powered by the FastSearch plugin for Movable Type.
Blogrolls on this site are powered by the MT-Blogroll.
Temporary site design is based on Cutline and Cutline for MT. Graphics by Apothegm Designs.
Comments (4)
Allen's campaign was appare... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Jim Addison | September 29, 2006 8:33 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Allen's campaign was apparently lulled to sleep by his past campaigns for Governor and Senator, in which not much mud was flung around. They were clearly unprepared for the organized assault which ensued after the flap over his "macaca" comment.
They have now seen the dark, ugly underbelly of the modern Democratic campaign. Allen can be thankful he survived the onslaught after being caught flat-footed, but he better be prepared next time, because this is not over.
1. Posted by Jim Addison | September 29, 2006 8:33 PM |
Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Posted on September 29, 2006 20:33
2. Posted by eddiebear | September 30, 2006 12:58 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Hate to say it, but what about that MSNBC poll that just came out tonight showing a dead heat? I know Allen F&^%Ked up with his "Maccaca" moment, but how can MSNBC be so far off? I noticed they polled mostly over a weekend, but shouldn't Alex do some research to try to call B.S. on this one?
2. Posted by eddiebear | September 30, 2006 12:58 AM |
Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Posted on September 30, 2006 00:58
3. Posted by Jim Addison | September 30, 2006 1:35 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Weekend polling tends to favor Democrats, but no one has yet figured out a way to adjust for that - or perhaps they just don't care to.
I notice something in most polls that do divulge their internals, though. For instance, one I saw today interviewed 1200 or so adults, found 1000 or so registered voters and some 650 or so likely voters. Baloney.
Registration isn't that high - only about 92% of voting-age adults are even eligible to vote when the non-citizens and disqualified felons are counted. And participation is nowhere near that high - in recent midterms it has been closer to 40% - yet, polls find 65% of registered voters are likely to vote this time? Sorry, it doesn't pass the smell test.
I don't know the details of the MSNBC poll, but I am generally dissatisfied with the screening for likely voters that all the polls are doing this year. I suspect they are being more lax about it for economic reasons: in order to get a firmly-screened sample of 650 truly "likely" voters, pollsters would have to conduct roughly 1800 interviews, fully 50% more than the above example. That means their employee costs would also rise by half to get that sample.
It's cheaper to just accept what people say, and not press them about voting habits. All that is sacrificed is accuracy, and who cares about that, anyway?
;-)
3. Posted by Jim Addison | September 30, 2006 1:35 AM |
Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Posted on September 30, 2006 01:35
4. Posted by CTindy | September 30, 2006 10:13 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
The MSNBC poll was done by Mason Dixon which is supposedly the best polling company in the country.
http://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=46093.0
4. Posted by CTindy | September 30, 2006 10:13 PM |
Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Posted on September 30, 2006 22:13