Reply #3: Don't give too much credence to this poll [View All]

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2007/10/29/romney_way_ahead_in_iowa_democratic_race_close.html

However, Mark Blumenthal cautions readers on the survey's methodology, noting "they asked an open-ended vote question (that asks respondents to volunteer their choice without prompting), they sampled from a directory of listed telephone households (rather than from registered voter lists or via random digit dial or voting list) and used a screen that was wider than other polls."


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U of I Polls have been traditionally P-O-O-R and unreliable. Sen. Clinton is polling high b/c of name ID of the average Iowan, those who were polled weren't necessarily those who will be attending the caucuses. I do think Biden is doing better than what this poll shows just by LTTEs and the amount of attendees at his events (and the events hosted by his family members).