It’s fairly clear that President Obama holds a healthy-sized lead in the race for president. … Yet, it is the pollsters who are showing the closest races – that is, in this contest, those the friendliest to Mitt Romney – who are, not surprisingly, receiving the most attention from conservatives. One of the two pollsters with consistently good Mitt Romney numbers compared to the average has been Rasmussen Reports. …
The other poll consistently favorable to Romney has an illustrious history. The Gallup poll has been around longer than most of us have been alive. … Gallup passes the press’s tests for a “legitimate” poll, which Rasmussen fails. …
The question is whether Gallup deserves the outsized attention it is receiving this year? The answer in my opinion is an unequivocal no. Here are three reasons why: [cont.]
Harry Enten, The Guardian