Obama’s Pollster Dumps on Gallup
Joel Benenson, the pollster for the Obama campaign, took a swipe
at the Gallup Poll for assuming an electorate
that was much older, whiter, and less educated than what the exit polls showed.
Gallup shot back that you shouldn’t put all that much faith in the exit polls and Gallup stands by its model. However,
Gallup’s predictions jumped around wildly throughout the Fall, which Benenson said is absurd. In the exit polls, 70% of
the voters said they had made their minds up by the end of August. The bottom line is that even if the voters did change
their minds constantly, in the end, Gallup was way off. The once-famous brand is no longer the gold standard and refuses to
admit it.
