Iowa polls, “expectations” were a pale shadow of the truth
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Iowa polls, “expectations” were a pale shadow of the truth

ByJosh Bernoff

For months, the political media have had nothing to talk about but polls and expectations. Yesterday reality crashed the party in Iowa, revealing the vacuity of the polls and the “expectations game.” Let’s examine how poll/expectations-based “analysis” differs from reality-based analysis. The polls were totally off Let’s compare two recent Iowa polls, the Quinnipiac poll done Sunday and…

The Expectations Game is gibberish in the Iowa caucuses
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The Expectations Game is gibberish in the Iowa caucuses

ByJosh Bernoff

Sometimes the political media gets so tangled up in its own underwear that it’s comical. Musings about expectations don’t qualify as news — they should be marked “for entertainment purposes only.” That’s why I must ridicule Kathie Obradovich’s recent article in the Des Moines Register (also reprinted into the Boston Globe). There are candidate positions. There is…