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 The Cell-Phone-Only Difference: A Final Look
The Cell-Phone-Only Difference: A Final Look
I have come to suspect that the CPO effect (thank goodness for the acronym, by the way) is being bundled this year with some other effects, most notably perhaps a callback effect (wherein for whatever reason surveys that fail to do a lot of callbacks seem to find narrower margins). If true, that ...
These Just In
americandigest.org — It would seem that some people just don't know the difference between November and January: Stocks fall... as investors ponder Obama presidency Baghdad rocked by fresh bombings Gaza rockets fired after clashes Iran army warns US ... (more) These Just In
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Hope In Arizona, Georgia, Indiana and Montana
Open Left - Front Page — ... and Pollster.com have released studies indicating that Obama leads by about 4% more in polls that include cell-phone only households, than he does in polls that do not.  A shift of that magnitude has the potential not only to push all three of the toss-up states to Obama, but also all four of the narrow McCain states. This could give Obama up to 406 electoral votes, and a national popular vote victory of 9-10%. ...

Monday's Mini-Report
Political Animal — ... . * What about campaign polls and voters who only use cell phones? Brian Schaffner crunches some numbers . * Apparently, right-wing blogs are worked up today about a "hidden" Obama interview ...

You Take Your Happiness Where You Can Find It And Today It Was At The Sentencing Of A UBS Swindler
DownWithTyranny! — ... campaign. I hope they don't bother voting tomorrow so all their down-ballot rubber stamp candidates lose as well. And, yeah, I'm delighted to know that when cell phone users are counted properly, Obama's polling numbers shoot up, and I'm delighted to see that McCain's negative and vicious smears-- like the scurrilous ...

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