The media is going crazy today over a TIME magazine poll that shows getting a HUGE “bounce” in poll numbers, going from slightly behind Kerry to a 52% to 41% lead. Well, guess what? It’s garbage. And it’s also the biggest political news in the country. TIME did something unprecedented in polling history; in their polls before the GOP convention, they did not push those “leaning” one way or another to make a decision (they were allowed to stay as undecided in the poll). But not now; instead, TIME actually FORCED all of these people to choose a candidate, then compared the results of the poll to one taken 5-7 days AFTER the Democratic convention, in which they did NOT “push” the respondents. So much for objectivity.
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