As we all know by now, Zogby has cooked his numbers to catch up to the real daily polls. He had Obama up 52%-42% today, after giving Drudge a 48%-47% number in favor of McCain yesterday.
What caught my eye in his narrative of the daily poll numbers, he attacks our own Nate Silver. Nate is also a baseball statistician.
Going after Nate was wrong. All he did was clear the air on Zogby's one day polling sham. He wasn't rude about it. He was being factual about the one day results. I'm sure Zogby reads his website.
http://www.zogby.com/...
Pollster John Zogby: "Obama has consolidated his lead over McCain. His single day lead today was back to 52%-42%. He leads by 10 among independents and has solidified his base. He leads among Hispanics by38 points, African Americans by 88, 18-24 year olds by 36, 18-29 year olds by 25, 25-34 year olds by 16, women by 8, and men by 3. He has a 17 point lead among those who have already voted, 22 by those who have registered to vote in the past 6 months, Moderates by 34, Catholics by 10. He even receives 21% support among Conservatives.
"So what happened to give McCain a one-point lead in the one-day polling on Friday? It was a day of consolidation for him, too. He had been losing support among key groups and began to regain some of his own base. He now leads by 21 points among NASCAR fans, 9 among investors, 6 among voters in armed forces households, and 2 among voters over 65 years old.
"Remember, as I said yesterday, one day does not make a trend. This is a three-day rolling average and no changes have been tectonic. A special note to blogger friends: calm it down. Lay off the cable television noise and look at your baseball cards in your spare time. It is better for your (and everyone else's) health."
A very childish and bush league response towards a respected gentleman and all around nice guy.
John Zogby, you owe Nate Silver an apology.