With Election Day just hours away, new evidence raises serious questions about the reliability of political polls. onLAca.com told the story of three widely reported polls that were wholly fabricated in the last couple of weeks. Now, the Washington Post is admitting that polling Republicans is at best, challenging.
The Washington Post and George Mason University attempted to survey voters in Kansas about their U.S. Senate race. After more than 85,000 phone calls and nearly 50,000 text messages, researchers discovered a striking partisan difference.
Among voters reached by telephone, 32 percent of Democrats agreed to participate, compared with just 12 percent of Republicans. That’s almost THREE TIMES as many Democrats willing to talk. The Washington Post acknowledges the disparity could undermine polling accuracy, despite efforts to compensate for the imbalance.
Some researchers suggest Republican voters are simply less enthusiastic about the election. Others point to conservatives’ longstanding distrust of the media and pollsters. Do YOU trust them?
The problem for the legacy media who loves to ballyhoo Dems strength in polls is, if Republicans aren’t answering, pollsters may be missing voters who actually show up on Election Day. And with several recent elections exposing polling problems, the question remains: Are the polls measuring voter sentiment—or just the opinions of people willing to answer the phone–and should the MSM be putting sketchy poll results in neon?
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