The Hoover Institution had people RUNNING the VTP (Voter Technology Project -- Stanford). Top two guys at the VTP were Hoover Fellows at the close of the last Presidential election.
Why's that important?
Remember the studies that came out showing the statistical impossibility of the so called error in the exit polling? Every time one of those popped up in Florida, the VTP would issue its own "study" showing no signifigance within 24 hours.
Now... the science... the math involved with the VTP studies was shot all to hell by every Phd who looked at it... but that didn't keep CNN, MSNBC and of course FOX
from quoting the VTP with equal weight. These are crooks, folks.
There's more....
The Hoover Institution, exactly a year ago, had people... "Fellows"... in positions throughout the Whitehouse. Rumsfeld had two or three in Defense and you can bet Cheney has a couple also. Scooter (!!!) Libby was a primary speaker at the
Hoover Institution Conference on Biological and Chemical Weapons in 1998! His topic?
LEGAL AUTHORITY CONCERNING INTELLIGENCE, INSPECTION & PREVENTION!!!
Recently, the Hoover Institutions polls show the Propositions doing much better than the Field Poll, which shows them losing badly.
I'm saying that the Hoover Institution's polls are different for a potentially functional reason. After the election, they will be viewed with equal weight as the Field Poll by the media.
Another note: The VTP (which is essentially an arm of Hoover) gave THIS presentation to Congress selling non-paper-backup voting technology after the 2000 election. The guy who gave that presentation, Stephen Ansolabehere, was a Hoover Fellow.
Relevant thread at Mystery Pollster
Interestingly, Schwarzenegger signed a bill requiring that all
electronic voting machines provide a paper trail for verifying votes by 2006.
Not by now... by 2006!
Watch the Voter Technology Project! Watch the Hoover Institution! Watch them like a hawk!