Ed Hornic from CNN wrote a little blurb about how all of the early polling for the Republican Presidential nomination is pretty much useless, since pre-primary polling is almost always wrong. Right now, the world (i.e., the media) is all about Governor Rick Perry, who has catapulted to GOP front-runner in the most recent Gallup Poll. However, if you look at polling taken around the same time before the primaries for both parties, who was leading in the polls doesn't match up with who ended up winning the nomination.
Navigating the Roller Coaster Ride that is American Politics
Monday, August 29, 2011
Ignore Early Polling: It's Usually Wrong
Ed Hornic from CNN wrote a little blurb about how all of the early polling for the Republican Presidential nomination is pretty much useless, since pre-primary polling is almost always wrong. Right now, the world (i.e., the media) is all about Governor Rick Perry, who has catapulted to GOP front-runner in the most recent Gallup Poll. However, if you look at polling taken around the same time before the primaries for both parties, who was leading in the polls doesn't match up with who ended up winning the nomination.
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