I don’t put a lot faith in polls and this is why:<\/p>\n
Political polls conducted for most media organizations often are biased against Republicans, says Kellyanne Conway, one of the most respected GOP pollsters. As a result, Barack Obama\u2019s lead over John McCain probably is exaggerated and is contributing unfairly to his momentum, says Conway, president and founder of the Polling Company.<\/p>\n
Rather than slant the questions, pollsters distort the results by weighting tallies with more responses from people who are likely to vote for Democrats than is warranted, Conway tells Newsmax. For example, they wrongly assume that huge numbers of groups who favor Democrats will show up to vote.<\/p>\n
To be sure, \u201cBarack Obama has energized a critical mass of younger people and new voters to actually show up to the polls,\u201d Conway says.<\/p>\n
But in some cases, pollsters assume that those who cast votes will be as much as 40 percent Democrats, versus 25 percent Republicans.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe country\u2019s just not configured that way,\u201d Conway says.<\/p>\n
Conway draws an analogy to the way some news organizations endorse Obama, in effect, with their selection of stories and angles to pursue. In the same way, they endorse him through polls by oversampling respondents who are Democrats, Conway says.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is the incentive of the major media to have scientific, artfully constructed polling?\u201d Conway says.<\/p>\n
By creating the impression that McCain will lose, many media polls are creating a self-fulfilling prophecy, Conway says. Because of the attention their polls receive, they depress the turnout for McCain \u2014 not to mention cutting into his contributions, endorsements, and support. Read the rest…<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n