Conservatives for Obama?

By: itsonlywords (Diary)  |  October 19th at 08:04 PM  | 

I found this article at Newsmax.com, Zogby: McCain is gaining, Race tightens. Here’s the part I found interesting: Obama continues to win 18% support among conservative voters, while McCain wins only seven percent among liberals. Among moderates, a demographic that includes substantially more Democrats than Republicans, Obama leads, 61% to 33% for McCain. Really?

A question about polls

By: itsonlywords (Diary)  |  October 8th at 09:27 AM  | 

Can someone please explain for me how weighting affects poll numbers? I see on the Rasmussen site: Like all polling firms, Rasmussen Reports weights its data to reflect the population at large (see methodology). Among other targets, Rasmussen Reports weights data by political party affiliation using a dynamic weighting process. During the final two months of Election 2008, party weighting targets are updated each Sunday | Read More »