Polling Questioned in 50th
It’s pretty much a given among politicos that even though the average person says they hate negative campaigning — and actually do — they are also influenced by it.
Similar with surveys. Most of us say polls means very little, but go off the deep end when they don’t reflect our candidates in a good light, and — alternatively — immediately crank out a press release when they do.
Datamar’s latest survey in the 50th C.D. has been the target of much criticism and comments the last few days. I’ll leave it for you to decide the merits of both the survey methods and the resulting arguments.
The SDPolitics Blog has been awash with commentary. Check it out here.
Perhaps the most succinct criticism of the Datamar survey, I received from GOP activist Warene Wall (in support of Bill Morrow):
Those who have been in grassroots politics for a long time have learned that polls can… Read More