Thanks for your first rate asiylnas of Zogby's skewed poll. His results should come as no surprise to anyone that understands his politics. This entry from Wikipedia suggests Zogby's results are driven by more than sampling: "Before polls had even closed in the 2004 presidential election, Zogby predicted a comfortable win for John Kerry (311 electoral votes, versus 213 for Bush, with 14 too close to call), saying that 'Bush had this election lost a long time ago,' adding that voters wanted a change and would vote for 'any candidate who was not Bush.' While admitting that he was mistaken, Zogby did not admit any possible flaws in his poll methods, insisting that his predictions were all 'within the margin of error.' Meanwhile, opponents charged that his calling the race for Kerry while polling was still going on may have been a cynical attempt to depress the turnout."This Wikipedia entry is pretty telling also:"He describes himself as a liberal Democrat."John Zogby's brother James, founder of the Arab-American Institute, is an associate of Al Gore. The Arab-American Institute web site contains this biographical info: "...Zogby was elected a co-convener of the National Democratic Ethnic Coordinating Committee (NDECC), an umbrella organization of Democratic Party leaders of European and Mediterranean descent. On September 24, 1999, the NDECC elected Dr. James Zogby as its representative to the Democratic National Committee's Executive Committee. In 2005 he was appointed as chair of the DNC's Resolutions Committee."I wasn't surprised to read at Wikipedia that John sometimes employs Jim part-time for polling. The only thing that surprises me is that a Zogby poll has any credibility at all.

by Sandeep 08:48:52 AM 2012.02.28