You know my feelings about the polls in this presidential race so far - they are not to be trusted. Well, at least some of them shouldn't be trusted.
I thought I would take a quick look today at which polling operations did well in forecasting the final results in the March 4th states and which did not.
Texas - Clinton 51-48%
A three point win is Margin Of Error stuff admittedly, but who nailed it? The much ridiculed Reuters/CSPAN/Zogby polling operation had Clinton +3 in their final poll. Hats off to Zogby, who only missed the California Democratic race by 23 points.
Ohio - Clinton 54-44%
The Zogby Team couldn't continue their winning streak in Ohio, where their last poll had the race tied - instead Clinton won by 10. The blue ribbon goes to Survey USA, which nailed the 10 point margin in their final poll.
I will also note that Survey USA's final poll in Texas had Obama up one point.
Rhode Island - Clinton 58-40%
In Rhode Island, no one gets any laurels. Admittedly, there were only a few polls and all of them had Clinton ahead, but none of them came close to an 18 point win for Clinton.
Then there were the exit polls, which were trumpeted on the Drudge Report last night, projecting a close race in Rhode Island, Ohio and Texas.
Hmmmm. Once again, even the exit polls were way off, raising all kinds of questions (again) about their methodology in a race that involves a black man and a woman.
Tell the boss that I'm ready to go to Wyoming and Mississippi.
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