Pundits, Polls and the Presidential Primaries
After last night's results in the Democratic New Hampshire Primary, there continues to be an endless array of opinions on why the results were not what the polls and pundits had been predicting. Here are a few explanations worth reading:
- NBC Nightly News Anchor Brian Williams writes on MSNBC.com that "Pundits, polls didn't see the character of local voters".
- Todd Beeton at MyDD points to the Rasmussen Reports survey that Senator Clinton was gaining in the polls on Monday, before she teared up. He surmises that it was the ABC News debate on Saturday that gained her some momentum.
- Pollster John Zogby gives his initial thoughts on what happened.
- Andrew Sullivan, blogger and Atlantic Monthly Contributor (disclosure: Sullivan is an Obama supporter) and his colleague Mark Ambinder both weigh in on the results.
- CNN has its I-Reporters offer their take on the New Hampshire results.
- Newsweek's Jonathan Alter believes the the big story is what happened with woman voters. His colleague Howard Fineman offers his theories on "what happened on the way to the New Hampshire coronation".
What do you think about the results and what it means for both the Republicans and Democrats going forward?
- Jackie Williams's blog
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