It's as though the different rep-leaning pollsters are trading off on who will take the bullet for using their poll to lie about the race each day. It really is becoming fascinating.
Andrew Sullivan kicks around today's Fox News poll with Barack Obama now leading John McCain by 47 percent to 44 percent among likely voters, down from 49 to 40 last week.
Wow.
Until you look under the hood...
Last week's poll was of 401 Democrats, 345 Republicans, 148 Independents
This week's poll was of 379 Democrats, 364 Republicans, 146 Independents
894 – 44.9% Dem, 38.6% Republican, 16.6%
889 - 43% Dem, 40.9% Republican, 16.4%
So, if you gave Obama back his 1.9% of the vote, he’d be back up to 48.9% and if you took away McCain’s increase of 2.3% of the vote, he’d be back down to 41.7%... a 7.2% spread… or pretty much what most polls are showing.
Doug Henning would be proud... except that he dies of AIDS... which the Republicans wouldn't fund research for... oh well.
Read the complete post at http://www.mcnblogs.com/thehotblog/archives/2008/10/and_one_more_fa.html