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For the sake of this argument,
go with me. The sports media last September made the Indianapolis
Colts the prohibitive favorite to win the AFC, and
represent that conference in the Super Bowl M'kay?
Every week for the rest of the season they asked fans, "What
NFC team will beat the Colts in the Super Bowl?"
Here's the first week's results.
Polling Data
September
1
| Team |
Favorite to beat COLTS (%)
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Spread (%)
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| Dallas Cowboys |
6.25
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93.75
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| New York Giants |
6.25 |
93.75
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| Philadelphia Eagles |
6.25 |
93.75
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| Washington Redskins |
6.25 |
93.75
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| Chicago Bears |
6.25 |
93.75
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| Detroit Lions |
6.25 |
93.75
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| Green Bay Packers |
6.25 |
93.75
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| Minnesota Vikings |
6.25 |
93.75
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| Atlanta Falcons |
6.25 |
93.75
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| Carolina Panthers |
6.25 |
93.75
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| New Orleans Saints |
6.25 |
93.75
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| Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
6.25 |
93.75
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| Arizona Cardinals |
6.25 |
93.75
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| St. Louis Rams |
6.25 |
93.75
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| San Francisco 49ers |
6.25 |
93.75
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| Seattle Seahawks |
6.25 |
93.75
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What you're looking at
then, is this
sorryass poll
Polling Data (Plug
in your own "Team")
I'm painting with a broad brush here, but all these data do is give democrat punters
a wet dream. In reality, it shows one of the least popular
Republican candidates able to get substantial votes from fans of the
Texas Pauls, Georgia Newts, and Pennsylvania What's His Face's to
come within a FG of beating the Kenyan Commies.. A sterile
exercise, at best. At best. Oui?
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Could be worse, Rog! Polls are taken by pollsters on the phone and most of the Obama voters don't have 'em.
ReplyDeletemost of the Obama voters don't have 'em.
ReplyDeleteActually, I think most of them have more cell phones per family than unUhbama people, but maybe not land lines.
Usually when a pollster calls me, I find the questions are posed in a form to give a predetermined result and I hang up on them.
Because of the prevalent polling bias, IIRC, a tie in pre-election polls usually means a 10-15 point loss for the Dem. The pollsters never talk about all the conservative non-responders that see the bias or just don't want to be bothered because they have a life beyond keeping pollsters employed.
Lt. Col. Gen. Tailgunner dick
Two Kings of Hearts? If you're sitting down to a game of Hold'em and with a hand that looks like that you've got a serious problem.
ReplyDeleteKing Makers? Get it? Lousy no good four-flushers.
ReplyDeleteObama's gonna get eight (8) states. Maybe.
ReplyDeleteYou heard it here first.
Kim
(not using Google to sign in because they're CSMFing data snoops)
Should be a Queen of Hearts.
ReplyDelete"Why don't you play a little solitaire?"
... or diamonds.
ReplyDeleteYeah, Queen of Diamonds.
D'oh!