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Home Front: Politix
Pat Caddell on ‘Cooked' Reuters Poll
2016-08-02
[Breitbart] "They not only changed their formula, to put Hillary ahead. They went back and changed the results, for a week of results where Trump was ahead, and then they turned those into Hillary leads," said Caddell. "They also erased all the former polling off the site. They didn’t tweak their procedure ‐ they cooked it."

"Never in my life have I seen a news organization, and a supposedly reputable poll, do something so dishonest," Caddell continued. "What they have done is, they decided the people who said, ’oh, I’m never for someone’ ‐ oh, those must be Hillary votes. They used to be Trump voters."

"They made a switch, as much as nine points, in their results from the beginning of last week, the 25th and 26th. It is, beyond doubt, the most outrageous thing," he declared, noting that results in three- and four-way polls that include independent candidates Gary Johnson and Jill Stein were also skewed.

"This is what the media is willing to do, to try to elect her," Caddell said. "This poll is nothing but a part of a media offensive. In the 45 years since I was a child, in top-level presidential campaigns, I have never seen the media on such a jihad, and so involved in hiding facts, and not following up. This is a crisis of democracy, what the press is now doing."
Posted by:Besoeker

#3  I've thought for quite awhile these polls are cooked. They tend to over sample Dems and under sample Pubs and others. They try to create a faux "bandwagon effect" to suppress the vote. The Dems hope to have the Pubs and Independents stay at home. The rallys that Bernie had were huge as were Trumps. Hillary has trouble filling a small gymnasium most of the time. Does anyone really think the polls are not cooked?
Posted by: JohnQC   2016-08-02 15:45  

#2  If polls aren't cooked, they're half-baked.
Posted by: Skidmark   2016-08-02 15:13  

#1  Yep one cooked poll brings up the average and suddenly she gets a bounce rather than a thud and that has an effect on future polls. If it is cooked though it won't last for long.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2016-08-02 14:10  

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