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In GOP we do not trust

Somewhere between philosophical pessimism and political cynicism lies Republicans' deep antipathy towards democracy

The Drudge Report, which I've always considered more mischievous than malicious, gave "Unskewedpolls.com" some link love earlier this week. The site tinkers with the poll results of major firms by re-weighting them according to the national proportions of Democrats to Republicans, as determined by the notoriously GOP-friendly Rassmussen group. Fans of the "unskewed polls" see them as a way of countering what conservative critics consider to be the "undercounting" Republican votes.

I have trouble with figuring how, exactly, the creator of Unskewed polls comes to the cheerful outcomes he does: it seems like the most simplistic kind of magical thinking. The site has led to many mocking "unskewed" assertions and representatives of the firms have expressed a more gentle befuddlement with the project:

more:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/sep/26/in-gop-we-do-not-trust




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