I want to believe that Goldmark poll too, but...
...it's crap. Lake Research operated a quasi push-poll by lacing the questions with negative references to Cathy McMorris' record, and the results that have the candidates in a statistical tie are not reliable. For all the hell raised about the Dave Reichert push-poll, I'm surprised to have not seen similar condemnation for the 5th district one.
I do, however, think the poll served its purpose. The DCCC added the race to its targeted seat list.
posted by TMW @ 6:32 AM
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You seem to have knowledge about the Goldmark poll that enables you to poo-poo it. Can you divulge a little more info to your readers about why you believe what you believe about the poll?
The SR's political chief has reported that the Lake poll included biased references to the incumbent and her record. Any polling done in this fashion is a push poll and untrustworthy by definition. Unfortunately I have not seen any specifics about the questions, but stand by my comparison that both polls are an unreliable gauge of public support.
I had not meant to compare the content of the polls, but simply the lack of reliability.
Polls are never reliable.
Maybe a poor choice of words. :-) I'm a poll slut, I love trying to interpret internals of good pollsters (like SurveyUSA), so there's probably no hope for me.
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