View Full Version : Which pollsters are more reliable?
Puppycow
6th February 2008, 09:26 PM
In this thread (http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=105432), Brainster and myself noted that the Zogby poll was wildly off base in California, predicting wide-margin victories for both Obama and Romney. The opposite happened, as both lost by wide margins.
I wonder which pollsters have generally been fairly accurate so far and which pollsters have been less accurate?
OneShotKi11
7th February 2008, 12:55 PM
Interesting topic, sux that no has replied!
Brainster
7th February 2008, 02:07 PM
I put up a scorecard on the major states (http://brainster.blogspot.com/2008_02_03_archive.html#6443180096835147430) and the most recent polls here. Survey USA seems to be the most accurate; they did the best in five different races and worst in only one, while Zogby and Mason-Dixon did very poorly.
Puppycow
7th February 2008, 02:32 PM
I put up a scorecard on the major states (http://brainster.blogspot.com/2008_02_03_archive.html#6443180096835147430) and the most recent polls here. Survey USA seems to be the most accurate; they did the best in five different races and worst in only one, while Zogby and Mason-Dixon did very poorly.
Thanks!
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