Well, the results are in.
The pollsters are defending their findings of the last fourteen or so months.
Anyone with a whit of sense today ought to realize that they die, in fact, miss the results of the election.
As I said, the polls begin with large margins, generally with one or the other party having a ‘landslide’ coming in the election.
As the election nears, the margin shrinks until it’s a one point difference.
Sure missed this one.
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There are two things to remember:
The Presidential Polls are tightening!
Well, I know this is going to be a shock, but as I said last week, the polls are tightening. It doesn’t really matter who is ahead or behind, the polls are generally about 1% apart, within the margin of error.
What a shock!
As it turns out, we are a 1% country. No matter what the polls say, all elections are going to be very close.
So there it is!
Did you ever notice that political polls are very predictable? 
A year or so before the election, there are huge (20 – 30 point) differences between whatever candidate the poll is looking at.
As the election gets closer, the differences between the two candidates become smaller and smaller until just prior to the election, many times there are less than a percentage point, or the race is “too close to call”
I would like to think that the electorate just doesn’t really care all that much or make up their mind, except for the few zealots who made their mind up even before the candidates were nominated.
However, as much as I would like to think that, I really think that the polls are trying to drive the results, rather than report them, then at the end of the election cycle, they start being more accurate so as to keep any semblance of propriety. Then you actually find where the race really is.
Look back and you will see that most of the elections in our lifetime (Except Reagan v. Carter) have been one point races.
Just one other question. Have you ever been polled?
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