Opinion becomes apparent news which is then taken to the bank--via polls

"Four of these polls appear to have overestimated McCain support (indicated with a * below), while

• most polls (17) overestimated Obama strength.

• Pre-election projections for two organizations’ final polls—Rasmussen and Pew—were perfectly in agreement with the actual election result (**)....

The following list ranks the 23 organizations by the accuracy of their final, national preelection polls (as reported on pollster.com)."

• 1. Rasmussen (11/1-3)**
• 1. Pew (10/29-11/1)**

• 2. YouGov/Polimetrix (10/18-11/1)

• 3. Harris Interactive (10/20-27)

• 4. GWU (Lake/Tarrance) (11/2-3)*

• 5. Diageo/Hotline (10/31-11/2)*

• 5. ARG (10/25-27)*

• 6. CNN (10/30-11/1)

• 6. Ipsos/McClatchy (10/30-11/1)

• 7. DailyKos.com (D)/Research 2000 (11/1-3)

• 8. AP/Yahoo/KN (10/17-27)

• 9. Democracy Corps (D) (10/30-11/2)

• 10. FOX (11/1-2)

• 11. Economist/YouGov (10/25-27)

• 12. IBD/TIPP (11/1-3)

• 13. NBC/WSJ (11/1-2)

• 14. ABC/Post (10/30-11/2)

• 15. Marist College (11/3)

• 16. CBS (10/31-11/2)

• 17. Gallup (10/31-11/2)

• 18. Reuters/ C-SPAN/ Zogby (10/31-11/3)

• 19. CBS/(NY) Times (10/25-29)

• 20. Newsweek (10/22-23)"

I wouldn't consider the results of any poll unless I knew the exact questions asked and background of the respondents. (sm)

• via Lucianne.com

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