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Long way to go

American polls are notoriously volatile as people like the association with being seen to be on the winner, and they do swing wildly. Surprised that Edwards isn't polling better in South Carolina given that he was born there, but at this stage a lot depends on where he's been putting the effort in. If any of them can get a bandwagon rolling that momentum will automatically transfer. Mind you, at least he's got a surname as his middle initial (that seems to be a pre-requisite for most American Presidents) George Bush's father made a slight spelling mistake by one letter in his sons case, but then Giuliani is clearly named after a reindeer.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Lyndon Baines Johnson (wife named after an insect)
Richard Milhause Nixon
James Earl Carter
Ronald McDonald Reagan (alright I made that one up)
William Jefferson Clinton

I've never understood what it is with Zogby that leads them to overstate Republican support (or is it an illusion I'm under?)

I might start conducting my own Oxford polls :laughing: I reckon I could easily match any of those sample sizes, without trying. Thursday's round the table meeting I tended to concentrate who they wouldn't vote for, and the 3 names that tended to come back were the three who Boyles are big on.

<blockquote data-quote="Warbler" data-source="post: 2099546" data-attributes="member: 65228">Long way to go <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :P"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" /> American polls are notoriously volatile as people like the association with being seen to be on the winner, and they do swing wildly. Surprised that Edwards isn&#039;t polling better in South Carolina given that he was born there, but at this stage a lot depends on where he&#039;s been putting the effort in. If any of them can get a bandwagon rolling that momentum will automatically transfer. Mind you, at least he&#039;s got a surname as his middle initial (that seems to be a pre-requisite for most American Presidents)&nbsp; George Bush&#039;s father made a slight spelling mistake by one letter in his sons case, but then Giuliani is clearly named after a reindeer.John Fitzgerald KennedyLyndon Baines Johnson (wife named after an insect)Richard Milhause NixonJames Earl CarterRonald McDonald Reagan (alright I made that one up)William Jefferson ClintonI&#039;ve never understood what it is with Zogby that leads them to overstate Republican support (or is it an illusion I&#039;m under?)I might start conducting my own Oxford polls :laughing: I reckon I could easily match any of those sample sizes, without trying. Thursday&#039;s round the table meeting I tended to concentrate who they wouldn&#039;t vote for, and the 3 names that tended to come back were the three who Boyles are big on.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Warbler, post: 2099546, member: 65228"] Long way to go :P American polls are notoriously volatile as people like the association with being seen to be on the winner, and they do swing wildly. Surprised that Edwards isn't polling better in South Carolina given that he was born there, but at this stage a lot depends on where he's been putting the effort in. If any of them can get a bandwagon rolling that momentum will automatically transfer. Mind you, at least he's got a surname as his middle initial (that seems to be a pre-requisite for most American Presidents) George Bush's father made a slight spelling mistake by one letter in his sons case, but then Giuliani is clearly named after a reindeer. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Lyndon Baines Johnson (wife named after an insect) Richard Milhause Nixon James Earl Carter Ronald McDonald Reagan (alright I made that one up) William Jefferson Clinton I've never understood what it is with Zogby that leads them to overstate Republican support (or is it an illusion I'm under?) I might start conducting my own Oxford polls :laughing: I reckon I could easily match any of those sample sizes, without trying. Thursday's round the table meeting I tended to concentrate who they wouldn't vote for, and the 3 names that tended to come back were the three who Boyles are big on. [/QUOTE]

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