socialmedian: Skipping Elections, Strategic Vision Has Not Polled Since Controversy Arose

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Skipping Elections, Strategic Vision Has Not Polled Since Controversy Arose

Source: FiveThirtyEight.com: Electoral Projections Done Right

Nov 06, 2009

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Several weeks ago, I ignited a controversy by pointing toward statistical evidence that Strategic Vision, LLC, a Blairsville, Georgia based public relations firm that until recently had issued political polls, may have been faking its results. Strategic Vision vehemently denied my interpretation of the evidence and made public threats to sue me. But no lawyer has contacted me, and in fact, Strategic Vision has not conducted any further public polling since that time.

The firm's last poll was issued on September 24th -- one day before the controversy arose. It was a poll of the governor's race and other contests in New Jersey, a state which Strategic Vision has polled frequently for many years, including on 4/22, 6/24, 7/22 and 9/24 of this year. And yet, even as the race drew closer and began to receive widespread national attention, Strategic Vision did not issue any fresh polling. This contrasts with previous patterns in which they had accelerated their polling schedule prior to elections, including the previous gubernatorial election in New Jersey in 20 ...Read the full article

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