Poll showing Obama leading swing states had surplus of 2008 Obama voters

Screen snip from Quinnipiac-NYT-CBS poll.Pundits in traditional media are breathlessly declaring the results of a New York Times-CBS-Quinnipiac poll showing President Barack Obama leading presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney in several swing states. Florida, my home state, is among them.

According to the poll, Obama’s ahead in Florida, 51-45 percent. As soon as I saw that, I wanted to know more about the actual makeup of the population answering the survey. What I found didn’t surprise me.

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Polls clash on Obama-Romney, but top pollster has Romney ahead

Rasmussen currently has Gov. Mitt Romney ahead of President Barack Obama by 3 points. (Photo: Mitt Romney campaign) In 2008 there’s no doubt polls were used to help boost Democrats’ chances in the General Election. Are Dems and allied media pimping polls ahead of November, 2012?

Some of those 2008 polls were questionable.

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Perry on front line in polls and attacks

Gov. Rick Perry smiled as he waited for applause to die down ahead of his official announcement at the Red State Gathering 2011.The political battles have begun, and Texas Gov. Rick Perry is on the front line in opinion polls, with a single questionable exception. He’s also on the front line facing attacks from progressive media and some of his fellow Republican candidates.

That’s natural when the end goal is to become president of the most exceptional country in the world.

The questionable poll comes from National Journal. NJ claimed GOP “insiders” believe former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney would be the ideal candidate to beat President Barack Obama in 2012. As soon as I saw some of the names on the GOP ‘insider’ list, I questioned the poll.

When I saw some of the names of Democrats on the list NJ polled, Dept. of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano stood out like a hair in a fast food salad.

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