Comments on: The Problem With Polls http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/30/the-problem-with-polls/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:27:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: crosspatch http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/30/the-problem-with-polls/comment-page-1/#comment-31887 crosspatch Mon, 30 Oct 2006 16:54:44 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/30/the-problem-with-polls/#comment-31887 Texas has had an amazing hemmorage of Democratic voter identification but most of those seem to have gone independent and not switched to Republican. Independent voters statewide outnumber Democrats or Republicans. Here is an interesting graphic: http://texaspolitics.laits.utexas.edu/html/part/features/0702_01/PID.jpg from: http://texaspolitics.laits.utexas.edu/html/part/0702.html That Texas Politics site at utexas is an interesting one. Texas has a lot of electoral votes, voters tend to be fickle there and not vote along party lines. Texas has had an amazing hemmorage of Democratic voter identification but most of those seem to have gone independent and not switched to Republican. Independent voters statewide outnumber Democrats or Republicans.

Here is an interesting graphic:

http://texaspolitics.laits.utexas.edu/html/part/features/0702_01/PID.jpg

from:

http://texaspolitics.laits.utexas.edu/html/part/0702.html

That Texas Politics site at utexas is an interesting one. Texas has a lot of electoral votes, voters tend to be fickle there and not vote along party lines.

]]> By: Former Republican http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/30/the-problem-with-polls/comment-page-1/#comment-31839 Former Republican Mon, 30 Oct 2006 14:52:43 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/30/the-problem-with-polls/#comment-31839 The apparent shift in party identificaiton is certainly odd, but remember, we have had an extraordinary President and Congress, taking extrordinary actions. These actions may have caused extraordinary shifts. I may have some insight into this, as I am one of the ones shifted. The apparent shift in party identificaiton is certainly odd, but remember, we have had an extraordinary President and Congress, taking extrordinary actions. These actions may have caused extraordinary shifts. I may have some insight into this, as I am one of the ones shifted.

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