Sunday, September 16, 2012

CARTER VS. REAGAN POLLING

Some wingnuts attempt to stave off depression by falsely claiming that Carter led Reagan in the polls until the 1st and only debate.  This is another wingnut lie, as Nate Cohn found out:
The voters that flocked toward Reagan already demonstrated their willingness to vote for him, never indicated any intention of voting for Carter following the DNC, and uniformly disapproved of the president’s performance. Check out this chart from John Sides:

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