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badpollsters https://www.dailykos.com/news/badpollsters News Community Action Copyright 2005 - Steal what you want Mon, 27 Jan 2020 02:53:59 +0000 Mon, 27 Jan 2020 02:53:59 +0000 Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) Flashback: Washington Free Beacon poll: Clinton and Sanders tied in NV! https://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/2/21/1488612/-Flashback-Washington-Free-Beacon-poll-Clinton-and-Sanders-tied-in-NV As you may have noticed, Bernie Sanders supporters love right wing newspapers and right wing sources. One such example was the <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/2/12/1484021/-Nevada-Poll-45-45-Tie-The-Bernie-Bounce-Is-Here" target="_blank">excitement generated here</a> by a polling firm (Target Point) whose CEO (Alexander P. Gage) is a Bush/Cheney loving Reaganite Conservative right wing nut: <blockquote> " According to his TPC <a href="http://targetpointconsulting.com/Principals/default.aspx">profile</a>, Gage founded TargetPoint Consulting, Inc. in 2003 and created <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Political_microtargeting">political microtargeting</a>, "which ushered in a new era in consumer/voter targeting. TPC provided advanced voter targeting for <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bush-Cheney_%2704_Inc.">Bush-Cheney '04</a>, which fueled superior direct voter contact programs in 18 swing states. Today, TPC is the leading provider of microtargeting to political and corporate clients. "Gage began his professional career in 1974 as an analyst at Market Opinion Research (MOR) in the political research group. MOR provided research service to hundreds of republican candidates, officeholders and party organizations from 1972 to 1988. MOR was the lead research firm for President <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Gerald_Ford">Gerald Ford</a> ('76) and Vice President <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/George_H.W._Bush">George H.W. Bush</a>('88) and one of the primary research providers to President <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ronald_Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> ('80 and '84). </blockquote> The highly recommended diary on this poll made no mention of the Republicanism of either the pollster or the kooky right wing nut newspaper that commissioned the survey (Washington Free Beacon). I saved it as pdf, so don't try to edit it after the fact. They simply expect that readers will think these are unbiased, reputable entities. Republicans are rooting for Bernie Sanders as reported in the news. Therefore any poll conducted by a Republican must be taken with a huge grain of salt, as Bernie supporters hopefully learned the hard way now that Clinton Won Nevada by 6%. If you are quoting a wing nut, call him a wing nut. rss@dailykos.com (motorized) badpollsters BernieSanders Republicans _1488612 Sun, 21 Feb 2016 13:00:39 +0000 Warning: New Nevada poll conducted by Republicans, commissioned by Republicans https://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/2/12/1484107/-Warning-New-Nevada-poll-conducted-by-Republicans-commissioned-by-Republicans A new Nevada <a href="http://freebeacon.com/politics/free-beacon-poll-clinton-and-sanders-tied-in-nevada/" target="_blank">poll</a> finds Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton tied at 45%. However, it is worth noting that the pollster (TargetPoint) has Michael Meyers as President. Woh is Michael Meyers? See this. <a href="http://www.targetpointconsulting.com/pages/executive_team" target="_blank">See this.</a> <blockquote> “As President of TargetPoint, Michael helps guide the company and maintains a broad range of political and corporate clients. Michael’s past political clients include several presidential campaigns including, most recently, Mitt Romney; Senators Portman, Burr, and Toomey; Governors Corbett, Deal, and Christie; key congressional campaigns including, most recently, Kristi Noem; and ballot campaigns such as the Clean Affordable Renewable Energy initiative in Michigan and Citizens Protecting Michigan’s Constitution. While at TargetPoint, Michael has also worked with a number of corporate and association clients including Wal-Mart, AT&T, Magnolia Pictures / 2929 Entertainment and a number of energy related clients such as DTE / Detroit Edison and the American Petroleum Institute. In 2002, Michael was the executive director of the Michigan Republican Party. During his tenure, Republicans maintained a majority in the State Senate, increased their majority in the State House, retained the Secretary of State’s office, preserved a conservative majority on the Supreme Court, and, for the first time in forty years, Michigan voters elected a Republican Attorney General. Prior to his work at the Michigan Republican Party, Michael worked as the director of former Michigan Lieutenant Governor Dick Posthumus’s political action committee. He also served in a number of roles in the Michigan Legislature including chief of staff to the Chairman of Technology and Energy Committee and as finance director of the Senate Republican Campaign Committee. Michael’s work on Presidential campaigns began in 1996 as a field representative for the Dole-Kemp campaign.” </blockquote> The outlet that commissioned the poll is a conservaive entity as well (Washington Free Beacon). Republicans such as the RNC chief Reince Priebus and Karl Rove have made it clear though their Twitter accounts and Super PACS that they want Bernie Sanders to defeat Hillary Clinton in the Democratic Primaries. <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-01-19/republican-operatives-are-trying-to-help-bernie-sanders" target="_blank">www.bloomberg.com/...</a> I contacted the Huffington Post asking them to place a (R) next to TargetPoint, or not list this poll at all. rss@dailykos.com (motorized) badpollsters GOP Republicans _1484107 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 17:20:07 +0000