Virginia Right!

Today is voting day throughout the Commonwealth.  Exciting day for me.  I remember primary day well in 1989.  I did not have a professional campaign manager nor did I have conservative groups behind me.  (Could have used both of those things!  Kinda like that old adage:  I could have had ham and eggs if I [...]

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Both the Weekly Standard (which I do not fully trust) and the Wall Street Journal (which I trust more) have called for a biometric ID card for ALL US workers to prove they have legal status.  Here’s the Weekly Standard’s quoting the WSJ: The Journal writes that “at least five of the eight senators writing [...]

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A lot of the pundits are looking at the polls and the race in general and comparing it to past presidential races. I created a computer program to tell us what the results would have been if the polling ratios in this year’s polls were applied to historic models of past presidential elections. The results are interesting. [...]

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In the following polls, I have graphed the skew – shown in green – and the Obama lead – shown in purple for all of the polls averaged at Real Clear Politics as of this morning. Rasmussen is showing a 1 point Romney lead for their final tally, but they have yet to post the [...]

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This is a great precis on the House races and also a summary of when polls close, too! I admire this research with a bit of Republican spin! HERE it is! PS:  Precis ought to be the Word of the Day for O’Reilly!  Here‘s the definition!

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This photo of the word “ROMNEY” written on a New Jersey beach submitted by Twitchy gave me the hook to talk about something I think could happen Tuesday, and it would be a shocker:  New Jersey goes for Mitt Romney!  Maybe Connecticut, too.  And it’s all Sandy’s fault (That’s Sandy the Super Storm not Sandy [...]

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Quick Facts on Politico Poll Taken 10/1 – 10/4: Earlier Politico Poll (9/24 – 9/27) showed Obama +2 over Romney Latest Politico Poll (10/1 – 10/4) shows Obama up by a single point (+1) over Romney Latest Poll sampled 3% more Democrats than earlier poll (9/24-27 poll Democrats +5 – Latest poll Democrats +8) Normalized poll [...]

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The data and charts are posted here on Political Poll Check. The Short Version: After a few weeks of collecting and compiling data for Political Poll Check, we finally saw our first poll come in for a second time around (since we began collecting data). This gives us the first opportunity to compare the same [...]

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I have been watching the polls with a keen interest of late. As I look into the Cross Tabs and Demographics of the numerous polls that seem to favor Obama, what I find is that the polls sample Democrats at a much higher rate than is reasonably believable. Real Clear Politics is supposed to be [...]

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There they go again. Another day another skewed poll. But the good news is that after “Normalization” to correct the Democratic leaning of the poll Republican Mitt Romney actually has a 3 point lead, not a 6 point Obama advantage as the poll pretends to show. The complete analysis of this Bloomberg Poll is here. [...]

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Please bookmark Political Poll Check today and know what the polls are really telling us! A new site is now in operation that corrects the polls that are so badly skewed by the Mainstream Media and are intended to demoralize Republicans and engage the Democratic base. These polls are using some pretty wild statistical samples [...]

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I will be joining Peter “Da Tech Guy” on his radio show today at 10:30 AM (Saturday September 22, 2012) to discuss polls and polling. Details below on listening in on the internet from Da Tech Guy Blog: Today on DaTechGuy on DaRadio 10 AM EST we are talking the Polls and the so interesting [...]

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UPDATE: This is a good poll. I just received the cross-tabs from Gravis Marketing and the sample was 39% Democrats, 36% Republicans and 23% Other (Independents.) My only criticism is that there were too many Republicans and Democrats and too few Independents. But since the sample polled 3% more Democrats than Republicans and the relatively [...]

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After making a really stupid statement and subsequently issuing an apology, Todd Akin took a pretty big hit in the polls. It seems that he has now started to recover and has regained the lead 45-41. The poll is here. For Pro-Lifers this is a good thing.

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Monmouth University just released a poll that over-sampled Democrats 33% to 27% and shows Obama leading by only 1%. Rasmussen and Gallup are presently showing Romney leading by 1 and 2 points respectively. Real Clear Politics has Obama ahead by 2.5 points but they are still adding in 3 polls prior to Paul Ryan being selected [...]

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It would be a really great idea if we could get an idea of what people thought and various leanings and the feelings of various groups of citizens. And it would also be wonderful if we had a way to tell if politicians were lying, being truthful or spinning a “fact” to make it seem [...]

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Polls are open and the Virginia Republican Primary for several contested Congressional seats as well as the Senate Seat are on the ballot. They will close a 7:00 PM so if you have not yet had a chance, there’s still time. Turnout is expected to be light, so you should be able to get in [...]

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Have you already decided which candidate you will be voting for tomorrow in the Virginia Republican Primary? I am fairly sure that if you have not made up your mind yet, you probably don’t plan to vote. Of course this is a Primary and the winner gets the right to represent the Republican Party in [...]

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That is how many voters in Greece voted for the Greek Pirate Party, according to a report from Rick Falkvinge: The Greek Pirate Party, Κόμμα Πειρατών Ελλάδας, was founded on January 14 this year. To get 32,487 votes less than four months later – just over half a percent of the Greek votes – is [...]

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