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What's the Matter with Iowa?

Posted by anamariecox Monday, October 8, 2007 at 11:20 am
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Our colleague Mark Halperin has some thoughts about the latest Des Moines Register poll.

Polling geeks and those that aspire to such should follow Pollster.com on the nitty-gritty of these things; this post on the Obama campaign's latest spin gives you an idea of why methodology matters.

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