Since the Obama and McCain vote in Florida added up to 94%, I have no trouble believing that they lumped MYOFB in with the remaining 6%. (The same is true of Ohio, if you factor in the extra 5% who evidently said they had voted for someone other than those two.) I would read it as the pollster doesn't know, not that the pollee doesn't know.
As of last week (http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/10/obama-dominating-among-early-voters-in.html#comments), early voting is heavily leaning towards Obama. There's a chance of a big surprise in Georgia. Some of it is due to spectacular African-American turnout (http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/10/harbinger.html).
Could be a bogus statistic too . . . from people fed up with constant visits from door-to-door pollsters.
I voted last week and since that day at least five aggressive pollsters have rung my doorbell - usually about 10 minutes after I get my son to bed for a nap - and bugged me to tell them my party affiliation, for whom I voted, etc. This with a not-so-subtle sign in the door asking that they leave me alone.
Been telling them to get the hell off my lawn . . . but tempting to say I "forgot."
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Date: 2008-10-29 08:37 pm (UTC)Then again, is this presidential, or full ballot? I don't know everyone I voted for (by name anymore). it was a long ballot.
But, to be fair, that's about the same percentage of Americans who don't know when the 4th of July happens this year.
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Date: 2008-10-29 08:50 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2008-10-30 12:51 am (UTC)In that case, I'm going to go with "The United..." for my answer to guessing the state.
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Date: 2008-10-30 01:39 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-10-30 12:03 pm (UTC)that's not a big number of "I don't know" responses.
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Date: 2008-11-01 10:03 pm (UTC)I voted last week and since that day at least five aggressive pollsters have rung my doorbell - usually about 10 minutes after I get my son to bed for a nap - and bugged me to tell them my party affiliation, for whom I voted, etc. This with a not-so-subtle sign in the door asking that they leave me alone.
Been telling them to get the hell off my lawn . . . but tempting to say I "forgot."
Ah - there's the door now!