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Title: Looks Like Trans People Aren't the Only Victims of Dubious Polling *UPDATED*
Post by: Shana A on November 20, 2008, 07:12:42 AM
Looks Like Trans People Aren't the Only Victims of Dubious Polling *UPDATED*
by: KatRose
Tue Nov 18, 2008 at 16:09:01 PM EST

http://pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=67A0B6A3507D668A36864EA9911FCFB3?diaryId=8304 (http://pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=67A0B6A3507D668A36864EA9911FCFB3?diaryId=8304)

[UPDATE: Nate Silver actually interviewed Ziegler.  Interesting?  Lets just say the words "pinhead" and "->-bleeped-<-ing idiot" got tossed around - and not by Nate Silver.  Something tells me we'll be seeing something about this on Countdown soon]

Remember that spectacular HRC-manufactured 'poll' about trans-inclusion in ENDA last year?

Well, that thing actually does look spectacular compared to something that Zogby decanted for the 'Republican Party First' crowd.  From FiveThiryEight:

    The conservative website HowObamaGotElected.com reports that it has commissioned Zogby International to conduct a poll of 512 Barack Obama voters as part of what can best be described as a viral marketing effort to discredit the intelligence of Obama supporters.