Comments on: Three things to remember about polls and the US election http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/ Blogging politics, culture, sociology and life from Brisvegas Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:59:20 +0000 hourly 1 By: michael http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/comment-page-2/#comment-505500 michael Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:30:51 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/#comment-505500 I find that electoral-vote.com has the most updated overview of the polls. I'm using a widget that applies this data and through its interactivity is capable of displaying data from various angles. The widget shows the election polls by strength of states. In addition to other different graphical visualizations of data, this one displays the progression of votes over time. It gives a great overview and it is updated as the polls come in! <a href="http://www.youcalc.com/apps/1218019592041" rel="nofollow">See the widget</a> ... and its easy to put on your blog! Make a difference, keep on voting! I find that electoral-vote.com has the most updated overview of the polls. I’m using a widget that applies this data and through its interactivity is capable of displaying data from various angles.

The widget shows the election polls by strength of states.
In addition to other different graphical visualizations of data, this one displays the progression of votes over time.

It gives a great overview and it is updated as the polls come in!
See the widget

… and its easy to put on your blog!

Make a difference, keep on voting!

]]> By: Kim http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/comment-page-2/#comment-504972 Kim Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:10:55 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/#comment-504972 The poll Another Kim was talking about - showing a twenty point turn around in support for the GOP ticket among white women since Palin was selected - has just been discussed by Mark in another post. Poll: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN097920080909 Post: http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/10/mccain-gaming-the-media-and-the-blogosphere/ The poll Another Kim was talking about – showing a twenty point turn around in support for the GOP ticket among white women since Palin was selected – has just been discussed by Mark in another post.

Poll:

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN097920080909

Post:

http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/10/mccain-gaming-the-media-and-the-blogosphere/

]]> By: Zwilnik http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/comment-page-2/#comment-504943 Zwilnik Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:02:02 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/#comment-504943 I observe through my glittering orbs of force that biggest Tellurian war, sex and party hearty tribe offers up a carnivorous moose called Britney Veep as token masthead because she is more advanced in use of killing technology, proven prolific breeder and has enhanced optics capability. But when time comes to eat your leader, would not the McBiden provide more meat on bones? And I observe Obarck is already preroasted. Truly you Tellurians are a primitive species, sorely in need of ruthless yet exploitive stewardship by Boskone. However there is some we can learn from your nubile and juicy primitive civilization as well. Like how to get the eyeballs for Boskone Inner Council Survivor that Presidential Idol enjoys on your miserable planet. But Boskone is merciful too. Once we have the programming secret, all the Endemol showrunners go straight to the Pain Amplifier. Which is wired for netcast, natch. I observe through my glittering orbs of force that biggest Tellurian war, sex and party hearty tribe offers up a carnivorous moose called Britney Veep as token masthead because she is more advanced in use of killing technology, proven prolific breeder and has enhanced optics capability.

But when time comes to eat your leader, would not the McBiden provide more meat on bones? And I observe Obarck is already preroasted. Truly you Tellurians are a primitive species, sorely in need of ruthless yet exploitive stewardship by Boskone.

However there is some we can learn from your nubile and juicy primitive civilization as well. Like how to get the eyeballs for Boskone Inner Council Survivor that Presidential Idol enjoys on your miserable planet. But Boskone is merciful too. Once we have the programming secret, all the Endemol showrunners go straight to the Pain Amplifier. Which is wired for netcast, natch.

]]> By: Kim http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/comment-page-2/#comment-504926 Kim Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:30:33 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/#comment-504926 <b>Update</b>: There's a good discussion of the latest polls at <a href="http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/09/09/mccain_bounce/index.html" rel="nofollow">Salon</a>. Update: There’s a good discussion of the latest polls at Salon.

]]> By: professor rat http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/comment-page-2/#comment-504814 professor rat Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:11:56 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/#comment-504814 '...incoherent as big tax cuts and being a deficit hawk is....' Tax cuts are supposed to work by ' growing-the-pie'. And after a few years they generally do. ( As per Reagan and Bush 2 ) So what actually happens is the rate of increase in the state sector rises under both republicans and democrats; it just rises slightly slower under the right-wing and there's barely enough in it to differentiate both political 'brands'. Unless you really WANT to spin, potificate, pose, posture and carry-on like a two-bob watch...after all....that's where the fun is. Its hardly incoherent to win state and federal elections for fifty years on a 'smaller government' platform, is it Kim. ‘…incoherent as big tax cuts and being a deficit hawk is….’

Tax cuts are supposed to work by ‘ growing-the-pie’. And after a few years they generally do. ( As per Reagan and Bush 2 ) So what actually happens is the rate of increase in the state sector rises under both republicans and democrats; it just rises slightly slower under the right-wing and there’s barely enough in it to differentiate both political ‘brands’.
Unless you really WANT to spin, potificate, pose, posture and carry-on like a two-bob watch…after all….that’s where the fun is. Its hardly incoherent to win state and federal elections for fifty years on a ’smaller government’ platform, is it Kim.

]]> By: Leinad http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/comment-page-2/#comment-504747 Leinad Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:31:25 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/#comment-504747 Whooooooosh! Whooooooosh!

]]> By: Nanuestalker http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/comment-page-2/#comment-504746 Nanuestalker Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:23:12 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/#comment-504746 A dead heat I reckon. A dead heat I reckon.

]]> By: Polyquats http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/comment-page-2/#comment-504741 Polyquats Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:16:30 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/#comment-504741 Down and Out of Sài Gòn, a "20 point shift, from Obama to McCain, among women voters" as reported by Another Kim is not the same as saying "that McCain is now leading 60 to 40". Down and Out of Sài Gòn, a “20 point shift, from Obama to McCain, among women voters” as reported by Another Kim is not the same as saying “that McCain is now leading 60 to 40″.

]]> By: Nanuestalker http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/comment-page-2/#comment-504739 Nanuestalker Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:15:27 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/#comment-504739 Leinad -0 Good article from the New Yorker, demonstrates how clever the Obambi Chicago machine is. Politics never changes. Leinad -0 Good article from the New Yorker, demonstrates how clever the Obambi Chicago machine is. Politics never changes.

]]> By: adrian http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/comment-page-2/#comment-504735 adrian Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:11:17 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/#comment-504735 Another good one: <a href="http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoon/display.cfm/58726" rel="nofollow">[LINK] </a> Another good one: [LINK]

]]> By: zorronsky http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/comment-page-2/#comment-504734 zorronsky Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:07:22 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/#comment-504734 McAfee Site advisor reckons your Obambi link is an unsafe web page Leinad!!! McAfee Site advisor reckons your Obambi link is an unsafe web page Leinad!!!

]]> By: Enemy Combatant http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/comment-page-2/#comment-504732 Enemy Combatant Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:02:40 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/#comment-504732 http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoon/display.cfm/58760 http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoon/display.cfm/58760

]]> By: Leinad http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/comment-page-2/#comment-504728 Leinad Tue, 09 Sep 2008 07:50:27 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/#comment-504728 <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/21/080721fa_fact_lizza?printable=true" rel="nofollow">Obambi...</a> Obambi…

]]> By: Nanuestalker http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/comment-page-2/#comment-504725 Nanuestalker Tue, 09 Sep 2008 07:46:38 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/#comment-504725 Rhetoric can only get you so far especially in a campaign as long as Presidential elections. People are starting to look for the beef and two months is a long time for either side to keep filling sandwiches. It's going to be interesting especially now that McCain has Palin as "point man" running the offensive play and Obambi's defense, at least for now is in disarray as it not easy as Hillary, given that most people thought her a bitch to begin with. Rhetoric can only get you so far especially in a campaign as long as Presidential elections. People are starting to look for the beef and two months is a long time for either side to keep filling sandwiches. It’s going to be interesting especially now that McCain has Palin as “point man” running the offensive play and Obambi’s defense, at least for now is in disarray as it not easy as Hillary, given that most people thought her a bitch to begin with.

]]> By: Katz http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/comment-page-2/#comment-504717 Katz Tue, 09 Sep 2008 07:31:23 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/#comment-504717 <blockquote>Katz does that mean the Iraq war was entertaining because it was incompetent rather than evil?</blockquote> Yes. (But results may vary.)

Katz does that mean the Iraq war was entertaining because it was incompetent rather than evil?

Yes.

(But results may vary.)

]]> By: myriad http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/comment-page-1/#comment-504680 myriad Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:41:21 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/#comment-504680 I think people should be much more worried about stories like this one than the notoriously unreliable polls in the US: <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/8/0144/73374/148/589714" rel="nofollow">the voter roll purging is on in earnest</a> I think people should be much more worried about stories like this one than the notoriously unreliable polls in the US:

the voter roll purging is on in earnest

]]> By: Andos http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/comment-page-1/#comment-504679 Andos Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:41:08 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/#comment-504679 And for more specific post-convention poll discussion, check: http://possumcomitatus.wordpress.com/2008/09/08/us-election-%E2%80%93-post-convention-polling-and-market-chaos/ And for more specific post-convention poll discussion, check:
http://possumcomitatus.wordpress.com/2008/09/08/us-election-%E2%80%93-post-convention-polling-and-market-chaos/

]]> By: Andos http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/comment-page-1/#comment-504678 Andos Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:37:41 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/#comment-504678 For some more debate about Polls and the US Election, why not check out Possum Comitatus' efforts at: http://possumcomitatus.wordpress.com/intrade-data/ You can find modelling based on the Intrade "betting" markets data for state and nation-wide markets. Very interesting to compare this work with the tracking polls. For some more debate about Polls and the US Election, why not check out Possum Comitatus’ efforts at:
http://possumcomitatus.wordpress.com/intrade-data/

You can find modelling based on the Intrade “betting” markets data for state and nation-wide markets. Very interesting to compare this work with the tracking polls.

]]> By: Matilda http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/comment-page-1/#comment-504658 Matilda Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:49:09 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/#comment-504658 Yesterday i heard a rather poisonous, pointless interview on RN's Counterpoint - where the rightwingers get to slag off at the RN audience for a full hour - in which Janet Albrechtsen pilloried the left's alleged anger at the emergence of Sarah Palin. You can imagine how thrilled dear old Janet was by this (imagined?) turn of events. " i love seeing the left get angry" she said, or words to that effect. Anyhow i wrote a response in the Counterpoint guestbook and it hasn't appeared. So now i really am an angry Lefty! I only bother with those ABC forums once in a blue moon as they are notoriously protective of the broadcasters' fragile egos. Try putting up a critique of one of Jon Faine's interviews, it won't see the light of day. But this time i'm going to pursue it, until justice is delivered! Yesterday i heard a rather poisonous, pointless interview on RN’s Counterpoint – where the rightwingers get to slag off at the RN audience for a full hour – in which Janet Albrechtsen pilloried the left’s alleged anger at the emergence of Sarah Palin. You can imagine how thrilled dear old Janet was by this (imagined?) turn of events. ” i love seeing the left get angry” she said, or words to that effect. Anyhow i wrote a response in the Counterpoint guestbook and it hasn’t appeared. So now i really am an angry Lefty!

I only bother with those ABC forums once in a blue moon as they are notoriously protective of the broadcasters’ fragile egos. Try putting up a critique of one of Jon Faine’s interviews, it won’t see the light of day. But this time i’m going to pursue it, until justice is delivered!

]]> By: Chris (a different one) http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/comment-page-1/#comment-504655 Chris (a different one) Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:39:31 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/09/three-things-to-remember-about-polls-and-the-us-election/#comment-504655 DOS @ 35 - it depends - they start with less (eg 1-2 weeks/year) but can end up with more with enough service (5-6 weeks/yr). None I've spoken to have heard of long service leave though. And the concept of leave loading is totally alien to them as well - "you get paid more when you go on holiday?!!?" DOS @ 35 – it depends – they start with less (eg 1-2 weeks/year) but can end up with more with enough service (5-6 weeks/yr). None I’ve spoken to have heard of long service leave though. And the concept of leave loading is totally alien to them as well – “you get paid more when you go on holiday?!!?”

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