The numbers game.

DJ Drummond over at Wizbang Blog has a lengthy and highly readable takedown on the latest CBS presidential poll:

OK, now let's keep it simple and start with page 14, the last page. Let's read together the last two sentences in that poll:

 

"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."

 

Pfft-pfft-bfft-bwaaaahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!

 

In those two sentences, the folks at CBS are admitting that they MADE UP THEIR STATISTICS ON LIKELY VOTERS!!! There are no real voters who were asked if they were likely to vote in this poll - not even one! Remember, these polls are how the media tells us what they claim we are thinking, and here at the end is a disclaimer saying that at least a portion of their major findings is fabricated. Just something to keep in mind as we move along, nothing to see here, move along.

Seriously, read the whole splendid thing. DJ does a yeoman’s job of getting down to brass tacks on why polls should never be taken as gospel and why they always have an ulterior motive. I know... I was shocked, too.

 

Thanks, DJ. Next you’re going to be telling me there’s no Easter bunny or some such nonsense.