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		<title>By: Chelsea Patriot</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/5273/open-thread-the-facts-mr-obama/#comment-863636</link>
		<dc:creator>Chelsea Patriot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So, this adopted child, Boudin&#039;s son, would be the child of Ayers and Dohrn who goes to the same school as the Obama girls?

  Wouldn&#039;t Kathy Boudin&#039;s son be around 25 years old right now?

  Off Topic, a little,...Did Courtney Love&#039;s Mother negotiate Boudin&#039;s surrender to the FBI?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So, this adopted child, Boudin&#8217;s son, would be the child of Ayers and Dohrn who goes to the same school as the Obama girls?</p>
<p>  Wouldn&#8217;t Kathy Boudin&#8217;s son be around 25 years old right now?</p>
<p>  Off Topic, a little,&#8230;Did Courtney Love&#8217;s Mother negotiate Boudin&#8217;s surrender to the FBI?</p>
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		<title>By: Chelsea Patriot</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/5273/open-thread-the-facts-mr-obama/#comment-863564</link>
		<dc:creator>Chelsea Patriot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Berni introduced Michelle Robinson to Barrack Obama.</description>
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		<title>By: rapp</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/5273/open-thread-the-facts-mr-obama/#comment-862535</link>
		<dc:creator>rapp</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Stock dropped 800 points, then Mccain gave his awesome speech and it rose dramatically.  They had it at the exchange. 

I guess if Obama wins stock market crashes because of high taxes like it did when Herbert Hoover rose taxes after the crash in 1929.  People won&#039;t risk their money.

Mccain stock market rises because he will lower taxes to stimulate economy.

This is a no brainer.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stock dropped 800 points, then Mccain gave his awesome speech and it rose dramatically.  They had it at the exchange. </p>
<p>I guess if Obama wins stock market crashes because of high taxes like it did when Herbert Hoover rose taxes after the crash in 1929.  People won&#8217;t risk their money.</p>
<p>Mccain stock market rises because he will lower taxes to stimulate economy.</p>
<p>This is a no brainer.</p>
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		<title>By: IndieDogg</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/5273/open-thread-the-facts-mr-obama/#comment-862083</link>
		<dc:creator>IndieDogg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m sorry, might be about to step on a toe or two (there are about 10 I&#039;d like to step on right now) but, for the record, I contributed to Hillary Clinton&#039;s campaign within 5 minutes of her announcement and, until a minute ago, I still had a lot of respect for her.

And I also say this with the caveat that I don&#039;t think her words are going to make a Hill of Beans difference in this race and I know it&#039;s something she&#039;s got to do to play the dutiful Democrat.

Still.

I&#039;m not going through the whole piece but this is utter hogwash.

One quote -- re: Equal Pay for Women.

Hillary Clinton says (presumably with a straight face, though I would hope not, for her sake): &quot;Barack Obama is for it. &lt;strong&gt;John McCain is against it.&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;

Call it what you want, but it&#039;s a flat out lie.  And she knows it, as well or better than anyone.

And she didn&#039;t play Beltway-Speak, saying McCain voted for this or that bill (which can always be twisted because of the way the process works).  She said John McCain is AGAINST EQUAL PAY FOR WOMEN.  Flat out. Flat wrong. Flat reprehensible.

See what happens when you reach across the aisle, John? To work with your &quot;friend&quot; Hilliary? Sometimes, you get your arm bitten off.

Excuse me, but is this the same Barack Obama HRC ran against?  The guy she describes in this release doesn&#039;t resemble that guy at all. Now he&#039;s right about everything? Even his experience is suddenly not a problem.  I guess she figures, if that call comes in at 3:00 a.m., even if BHO gives them the wrong answer it&#039;s okay, so long as it&#039;s a member of the Democratic Party on the phone.

I respectfully disagree.

Isn&#039;t this the guy about whom she said, when asked in Iowa about him possibly being elected President (still the most honest and unfiltered comments I&#039;ve ever heard from a politician of her seniority -- Palin would say it but I couldn&#039;t believe Hillary said it), &quot;Get serious?&quot;

I guess she&#039;s been born again, in the rapture. Or, she thinks she can fix this disaster of a party from the inside.

But back to Barack Obama and equal pay for women (well, let&#039;s throw everybody in there, how about equal pay for everybody based on qualifications, job description, and performance)...

I say this a lot but it&#039;s time to say it again: What you DO speaks so loudly, I can&#039;t hear what you&#039;re saying.

John McCain&#039;s male and female staff (his Senate staff, regular employees) are paid equally (in fact, women make slightly more than men, on average, but it&#039;s close). Not in Senator Obama&#039;s office. He talks the talk but does not walk the walk.  Big surprise. 

But, fine, even if Obama is the biggest supporter of equal pay for equal work on the planet, this is about her statement about John McCain.

Simply stated, it&#039;s not true. He&#039;s never said it.  Governor Palin&#039;s never said it. Neither one of them has ever been a part of any such practice in their political careers. They&#039;ve put the public&#039;s money where their mouth is.

What the hell is Hillary Clinton thinking?

Barack Obama can say whatever he wants and all before him bow and thank him for speaking to them, while furiously scribbling down whatever it is he says (whether or not it matches what he said yesterday). But, that&#039;s the rapture talking.

Hillary. It&#039;s not a franchise. It&#039;s not magic dust that rubs off when you touch The One.  He can do it, apparently with impunity, but you can&#039;t just say whatever they tell you to say and expect people to bow and thank you. Especially when it&#039;s a bald faced fabrication.

Where do you come off saying John McCain is &lt;strong&gt;against&lt;/strong&gt; equal pay for women?

Alright, enough already. This is not productive. I was done with the (formerly) Democratic Party, already. Now, at least for now, I&#039;m done with Hillary as well.

Call me when it&#039;s over, Hill, and maybe we&#039;ll talk.  But, you just went down several notches on my scale of honor.

You should be ashamed of yourself.

John McCain finally called himself a &quot;black criminal&quot; in Vietnam. But, at least they had to torture him to make him say it.  

What did they do to you, the Obama Panthers?  Promise you the Majority Leader&#039;s slot?

I&#039;m done.

Think I&#039;ll dial up McCain/Palin and make a donation.

That&#039;s what we used to do when we were on Hillary&#039;s blog and got mad at The One&#039;s hate-spewing moles.  Let me see if it still makes me fell better.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m sorry, might be about to step on a toe or two (there are about 10 I&#8217;d like to step on right now) but, for the record, I contributed to Hillary Clinton&#8217;s campaign within 5 minutes of her announcement and, until a minute ago, I still had a lot of respect for her.</p>
<p>And I also say this with the caveat that I don&#8217;t think her words are going to make a Hill of Beans difference in this race and I know it&#8217;s something she&#8217;s got to do to play the dutiful Democrat.</p>
<p>Still.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not going through the whole piece but this is utter hogwash.</p>
<p>One quote &#8212; re: Equal Pay for Women.</p>
<p>Hillary Clinton says (presumably with a straight face, though I would hope not, for her sake): &#8220;Barack Obama is for it. <strong>John McCain is against it.</strong>&#8221;</p>
<p>Call it what you want, but it&#8217;s a flat out lie.  And she knows it, as well or better than anyone.</p>
<p>And she didn&#8217;t play Beltway-Speak, saying McCain voted for this or that bill (which can always be twisted because of the way the process works).  She said John McCain is AGAINST EQUAL PAY FOR WOMEN.  Flat out. Flat wrong. Flat reprehensible.</p>
<p>See what happens when you reach across the aisle, John? To work with your &#8220;friend&#8221; Hilliary? Sometimes, you get your arm bitten off.</p>
<p>Excuse me, but is this the same Barack Obama HRC ran against?  The guy she describes in this release doesn&#8217;t resemble that guy at all. Now he&#8217;s right about everything? Even his experience is suddenly not a problem.  I guess she figures, if that call comes in at 3:00 a.m., even if BHO gives them the wrong answer it&#8217;s okay, so long as it&#8217;s a member of the Democratic Party on the phone.</p>
<p>I respectfully disagree.</p>
<p>Isn&#8217;t this the guy about whom she said, when asked in Iowa about him possibly being elected President (still the most honest and unfiltered comments I&#8217;ve ever heard from a politician of her seniority &#8212; Palin would say it but I couldn&#8217;t believe Hillary said it), &#8220;Get serious?&#8221;</p>
<p>I guess she&#8217;s been born again, in the rapture. Or, she thinks she can fix this disaster of a party from the inside.</p>
<p>But back to Barack Obama and equal pay for women (well, let&#8217;s throw everybody in there, how about equal pay for everybody based on qualifications, job description, and performance)&#8230;</p>
<p>I say this a lot but it&#8217;s time to say it again: What you DO speaks so loudly, I can&#8217;t hear what you&#8217;re saying.</p>
<p>John McCain&#8217;s male and female staff (his Senate staff, regular employees) are paid equally (in fact, women make slightly more than men, on average, but it&#8217;s close). Not in Senator Obama&#8217;s office. He talks the talk but does not walk the walk.  Big surprise. </p>
<p>But, fine, even if Obama is the biggest supporter of equal pay for equal work on the planet, this is about her statement about John McCain.</p>
<p>Simply stated, it&#8217;s not true. He&#8217;s never said it.  Governor Palin&#8217;s never said it. Neither one of them has ever been a part of any such practice in their political careers. They&#8217;ve put the public&#8217;s money where their mouth is.</p>
<p>What the hell is Hillary Clinton thinking?</p>
<p>Barack Obama can say whatever he wants and all before him bow and thank him for speaking to them, while furiously scribbling down whatever it is he says (whether or not it matches what he said yesterday). But, that&#8217;s the rapture talking.</p>
<p>Hillary. It&#8217;s not a franchise. It&#8217;s not magic dust that rubs off when you touch The One.  He can do it, apparently with impunity, but you can&#8217;t just say whatever they tell you to say and expect people to bow and thank you. Especially when it&#8217;s a bald faced fabrication.</p>
<p>Where do you come off saying John McCain is <strong>against</strong> equal pay for women?</p>
<p>Alright, enough already. This is not productive. I was done with the (formerly) Democratic Party, already. Now, at least for now, I&#8217;m done with Hillary as well.</p>
<p>Call me when it&#8217;s over, Hill, and maybe we&#8217;ll talk.  But, you just went down several notches on my scale of honor.</p>
<p>You should be ashamed of yourself.</p>
<p>John McCain finally called himself a &#8220;black criminal&#8221; in Vietnam. But, at least they had to torture him to make him say it.  </p>
<p>What did they do to you, the Obama Panthers?  Promise you the Majority Leader&#8217;s slot?</p>
<p>I&#8217;m done.</p>
<p>Think I&#8217;ll dial up McCain/Palin and make a donation.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s what we used to do when we were on Hillary&#8217;s blog and got mad at The One&#8217;s hate-spewing moles.  Let me see if it still makes me fell better.</p>
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		<title>By: Carol</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/5273/open-thread-the-facts-mr-obama/#comment-861817</link>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That is so very true Pat.</description>
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		<title>By: Carol</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/5273/open-thread-the-facts-mr-obama/#comment-861790</link>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here in Central Oregon, I paid $3.49/gal for gas today.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here in Central Oregon, I paid $3.49/gal for gas today.</p>
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		<title>By: Carol</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/5273/open-thread-the-facts-mr-obama/#comment-861761</link>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Uh, Jade I hate to point this out, but the Dems pushed this bailout through with a few Republicans that were afraid of losing their re-election.  I can still see Deer Caught in the Headlights Pelosi with her grinning Dem minions rushing out and announcing that the bailout bill had passed the House and was being rushed up to Bush for signing.  I even heard that the Dems are praising Obama the Great for getting this done.  Sooooo, I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but this boondoggle of a bailout is all on the Democrats&#039; shoulders.  

For this election season, I am not a Democrat.  I will help take my party back from you ultra ultra left liberals after this is all said and done.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Uh, Jade I hate to point this out, but the Dems pushed this bailout through with a few Republicans that were afraid of losing their re-election.  I can still see Deer Caught in the Headlights Pelosi with her grinning Dem minions rushing out and announcing that the bailout bill had passed the House and was being rushed up to Bush for signing.  I even heard that the Dems are praising Obama the Great for getting this done.  Sooooo, I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but this boondoggle of a bailout is all on the Democrats&#8217; shoulders.  </p>
<p>For this election season, I am not a Democrat.  I will help take my party back from you ultra ultra left liberals after this is all said and done.</p>
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		<title>By: Carol</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/5273/open-thread-the-facts-mr-obama/#comment-861665</link>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>John McCain has said for the last 20 years that this was the biggest mistake of his life.  At least he has owned up to his mistake unlike Obama who can&#039;t admit to making any mistakes.  Sound familiar?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>John McCain has said for the last 20 years that this was the biggest mistake of his life.  At least he has owned up to his mistake unlike Obama who can&#8217;t admit to making any mistakes.  Sound familiar?</p>
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		<title>By: Carol</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/5273/open-thread-the-facts-mr-obama/#comment-861578</link>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Obama’s chief strategist David Axelrod asserted that Obama didn’t even know about Ayers’ radical past as a founder of the Weathermen. On the surface, that is possible&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I don&#039;t think it is possible that Obama didn&#039;t know about Ayers&#039; past.  I&#039;m sure the people in Obama&#039;s Chicago circle of friends had mentioned it.  But, if he didn&#039;t know before Sept. 11, 2001, he sure should have been aware of it after that tragic date when the NYT did a piece about his book &lt;em&gt;Fugitive Days&lt;/em&gt; and the NYT quoted a section from this book where Ayers makes the statement &lt;strong&gt;&quot;I don&#039;t regret setting bombs. I feel we didn&#039;t do enough.&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; Ayers&#039; statement was made before the World Trade Center attacks, but its timing led some to believe it was in response.  (Emphasis mine)

So, Obama would/should have known about Ayers&#039; past at that point.  Just my thoughts</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Obama’s chief strategist David Axelrod asserted that Obama didn’t even know about Ayers’ radical past as a founder of the Weathermen. On the surface, that is possible</p></blockquote>
<p>I don&#8217;t think it is possible that Obama didn&#8217;t know about Ayers&#8217; past.  I&#8217;m sure the people in Obama&#8217;s Chicago circle of friends had mentioned it.  But, if he didn&#8217;t know before Sept. 11, 2001, he sure should have been aware of it after that tragic date when the NYT did a piece about his book <em>Fugitive Days</em> and the NYT quoted a section from this book where Ayers makes the statement <strong>&#8220;I don&#8217;t regret setting bombs. I feel we didn&#8217;t do enough.&#8221;</strong> Ayers&#8217; statement was made before the World Trade Center attacks, but its timing led some to believe it was in response.  (Emphasis mine)</p>
<p>So, Obama would/should have known about Ayers&#8217; past at that point.  Just my thoughts</p>
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		<title>By: Nellie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nellie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am a teacher. Doesn&#039;t anyone see that the activity and barinwashing itself is what&#039;s wtong?

Firing someone becauae they realeased a video is the basically saying we would not have been &quot;caught&quot; if you hadn&#039;t done that.

It&#039;s not the crime they are objecting to, its that the coverup waa blown. That is what is so sick and twisted.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am a teacher. Doesn&#8217;t anyone see that the activity and barinwashing itself is what&#8217;s wtong?</p>
<p>Firing someone becauae they realeased a video is the basically saying we would not have been &#8220;caught&#8221; if you hadn&#8217;t done that.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not the crime they are objecting to, its that the coverup waa blown. That is what is so sick and twisted.</p>
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		<title>By: Lochos Vestu</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/5273/open-thread-the-facts-mr-obama/#comment-861197</link>
		<dc:creator>Lochos Vestu</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Put a sock in it, stupid Obamabot!</description>
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		<title>By: Palin for McCain</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/5273/open-thread-the-facts-mr-obama/#comment-861100</link>
		<dc:creator>Palin for McCain</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:28:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Did ya hear what Sarash said? Did you?&lt;/em&gt;

&quot;I&#039;m reading on my Starbucks mocha cup, okay? The quote of the day... It was Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State [crowd boos] and UN ambassador. ... Now she said it, I didn&#039;t. She said, &#039;There&#039;s a place in Hell reserved for women who don&#039;t support other women.&#039;&quot; 

what we have here is a &lt;strong&gt;latte-sipping elitist &lt;/strong&gt;in sheep&#039;s (or moose?) clothing.

discuss.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Did ya hear what Sarash said? Did you?</em></p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m reading on my Starbucks mocha cup, okay? The quote of the day&#8230; It was Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State [crowd boos] and UN ambassador. &#8230; Now she said it, I didn&#8217;t. She said, &#8216;There&#8217;s a place in Hell reserved for women who don&#8217;t support other women.&#8217;&#8221; </p>
<p>what we have here is a <strong>latte-sipping elitist </strong>in sheep&#8217;s (or moose?) clothing.</p>
<p>discuss.</p>
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		<title>By: read</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/5273/open-thread-the-facts-mr-obama/#comment-860970</link>
		<dc:creator>read</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:06:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Soros owns the media, he is the puppet master behind the puppet obama</description>
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		<title>By: InsightAnalytical-GRL</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/5273/open-thread-the-facts-mr-obama/#comment-860948</link>
		<dc:creator>InsightAnalytical-GRL</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The issue is judgment and the evasiveness...</description>
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		<title>By: InsightAnalytical-GRL</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/5273/open-thread-the-facts-mr-obama/#comment-860938</link>
		<dc:creator>InsightAnalytical-GRL</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>First they say it&#039;s among &quot;registered voteres&quot; then the story switches to &quot;likely voters&quot;....WHICH IS IT? By this time the sample should be composed of &quot;likely voters&quot;...defines by some sort of track record of voting in past elecitons.

The sample size is below the 1000-1500 that Gallup (whom I worked for before the old man died and the company was sold). Look how it&#039;s weighted to Democrats?

What is an &quot;effective likely voter? What is this &quot;probability of voting&quot; based on?  I&#039;ve never seen anything like it...

UNWEIGHTED WEIGHTED
Total Respondents 957
Registered Voters 875 821
Republicans – Reg. Voters 248 233
Democrats – Reg. Voters 320 311
Independents – Reg. Voters 307 277
Effective Likely Voters 616
*Every registered voter is included in the likely voter model, and is assigned a probability of voting, which is used to calculate the likely voter results. The sum of these probabilities is the effective number of likely voters.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First they say it&#8217;s among &#8220;registered voteres&#8221; then the story switches to &#8220;likely voters&#8221;&#8230;.WHICH IS IT? By this time the sample should be composed of &#8220;likely voters&#8221;&#8230;defines by some sort of track record of voting in past elecitons.</p>
<p>The sample size is below the 1000-1500 that Gallup (whom I worked for before the old man died and the company was sold). Look how it&#8217;s weighted to Democrats?</p>
<p>What is an &#8220;effective likely voter? What is this &#8220;probability of voting&#8221; based on?  I&#8217;ve never seen anything like it&#8230;</p>
<p>UNWEIGHTED WEIGHTED<br />
Total Respondents 957<br />
Registered Voters 875 821<br />
Republicans – Reg. Voters 248 233<br />
Democrats – Reg. Voters 320 311<br />
Independents – Reg. Voters 307 277<br />
Effective Likely Voters 616<br />
*Every registered voter is included in the likely voter model, and is assigned a probability of voting, which is used to calculate the likely voter results. The sum of these probabilities is the effective number of likely voters.</p>
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