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Prometheus 6

All respect and no restraint

Well done

sagereader at Think On These Things has done a very nice job of showing how Luntz did exactly what we expected . Lists seven ways he screwed with the outcome. My favorite is number six.

6. I found it interesting that many of the non-blacks in the focus group were moderate or non-Hillary Clinton supporters. This would then create a dynamic of everytime they said something and Luntz would ask if they agreed, all the black people would say in unison, “No.” You can’t racially stack a focus group like that. A reputable focus group would not have it such that the racial demographics are correlated with the political demographics.

What's yours?

(heads up by rickyrah) 

I choose Number 4

 

4. Luntz is wrong to say that the black vote belonged to Obama and Clinton has been grabbing it. Don’t you see the difference between that language and framing it as the Clintons have the black vote and Obama needs to grab it (seeing that the Clintons have been around longer and the Clintons have higher name recognition among black voters and Obama just hopped on the scene 6 months ago) OR saying that the black vote is up for grabs and Clinton and Obama have to fight for it? You can’t frame it as the black vote was Obama’s. The black vote was never Obama’s and Frank Luntz is wrong to use that to frame his focus group.****
I suppose the reason why this one bothered me the most is that EVERY POLL
and, I mean EVERY POLL
Says that the Black vote is basically split between Obama and Clinton.
Period.
THAT is the basis for Luntz's dishonesty on that question.
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