A study recently accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal makes a startling suggestion about so-called ”robo-polls” in the 2012 Republican presidential primaries, raising the question of whether these automated surveys may have been adjusted to match live-interviewer polls.
The paper, produced last spring, says its findings mean that aggregated results of pre-election polls – the “poll of polls” summaries popular on some political news websites – may be “misleadingly precise,” if many polls included in their averages were manipulated to match preferred estimates. [cont.]
Gary Langer, ABC News