Captn_Ag05 said:
91AggieLawyer said:
This poll:
-- oversamples ds by 4%
-- has a 16% response from 25-34
-- is 53/47 women
-- got a response rate of LESS than 1.5%
Fetterman is Lt.Gov., has better name recognition, and he only has -- with this stacked poll -- a point and a half lead this early in the game. This is actually pretty good news for Oz. I'd say Oz's real lead is somewhere around 3%.
The party breakdown is actually pretty spot on with registration numbers. Tralfalgar used a sample of 46.7% Dem, 42.7% Republican, and 10.6% other. Party registration numbers in PA are 45.6% Democrat, 39.5% Republican, 14.8% unaffiliated or other party. 53F/47M has been the gender breakdown from last several election cycles in PA.
Tralfalgar does their homework and is one of the few pollsters that does a good job. They have been expanding where they do their polls this cycle, so I will be interested to see how their results fare compared to last couple of cycles when they have been one of the most accurate.
I've bolded the points you've either ignored or brushed aside, any one of which I think makes my point. The so-called independents are not going to come out in support of this clown. In fact, I'm betting Oz is the candidate they seem to suggest they want to see.
Plus, if you are right about the gender breakdown (you don't document that, and the ballot harvesting of 2020 would skew any numbers one way or the other), that would seem to work somewhat in Oz's favors once some women get to know him as a candidate -- which I would argue so far they haven't. They know him from daytime TV. Right now many are polling d just because that's what they answer.
I'm still not persuaded by this poll. You can be if you want. We'll see on election day. Oz is not my choice, but Fetterman is a disaster and if PA elects that idiot, they're going to get what they deserve. He's going to make Al Franken look like the genius Senator of all time. What committees are they going to put him on? Are they going to let him give speeches?
Its going to be a ****-show. And fun to watch. Almost worth it.