Saturday, October 27, 2012

Media Misleading May Prompt Post-Election Chaos

Within an hour of the polls closing in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Michigan, the news networks and the electorate will have a clear idea of who will win the presidency.  If Romney wins Ohio and either Pennsylvania or Michigan, he has won the election.  If Romney loses Ohio and both Pennsylvania and Michigan, game over for Mitt.
What remains quite disturbing are some of the overlooked results from the latest Washington Post/ABC tracking poll.  Buried in the tenth paragraph we find:
A slender, but slipping majority of likely voters say that when all is said and done, Obama will prevail, and win a second term. But 40 percent now anticipate a Romney win, up from 32 percent just before the first debate in late September. Since that time, Romney supporters have become more confident - 76 percent think he'll win, up from a low of 67 in that late September poll; Obama's backers are still overwhelmingly confident, 92 percent think their guy will win.
Wow!  Ninety-two percent of Obama backers think he will win.  While the election is close, the MSM's obscene omission in reporting the deep strength of Romney's post-debate surge among independent voters has cruelly misled millions of Americans into thinking Obama has this election locked up.
From the Romney campaign via NRO:
One thing all the public surveys [in Ohio] have in common is that Governor Romney is winning among Independent voters. In the 19 polls released in the public realm since the first debate, Governor Romney leads among Independents in 15 of them (two did not include data among INDs). And, if you take an average of his lead among Independents in those 15 polls, the margin is 12 points (49-37).

Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/10/media_misleading_may_prompt_post-election_chaos.html#ixzz2AUdZ3Wh7

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