Cheat-Seeking Missles

Monday, July 25, 2005

Ruffini Poll

Patrick Ruffini's straw poll of Republican candidates has some interesting things going for it. (Click here if you haven't voted yet.)

It shows Allen and Guiliani in a virtual dead heat (37% to 35% respectively at 7:15 PDT), and everyone else below seven percent. That's quite an even split, given Guiliani's stand on abortion and gay marriage. It's either (1) statistically meaningless (the most likely answer) (2) a sign that the blogosphere GOP is not as conservative as the voting GOP, or (3) evidence that the Kosniks are stuffing the ballot box.

I'm on a wireless internet link that is just too slow to check the leftyblogs out, but I wouldn't put it past them. They're nothing if not Sophomoric.

Hugh mentioned that his listeners were strong for Allen, while Instapundit's were strong for Guiliani. With the Instapundit's out-polling the Hughbies by three-to-one (agian, per Hugh), that may mean Allen has a more diversified base.

Or it could mean the whole thing is statistically meaningless.