The stupidity of polls

Remember that whole black-brown split and all the problems those racist Mexicans/Cubans/Puerto-Ricans were going to cause Obama?

Comments

Doctor Jay July 25, 2008 10:54 AM

I don't think it was the polls that were stupid so much as the pundits interpreting them.

JT (Chicago) July 27, 2008 1:55 AM

Well, Doctor Jay, as long as the polls lump older Cubans (primarily anti-Castro Republicans) in with Mexicans and Puerto Ricans (and other Central and South Americans), you are going to have stupid polls. For voting (polling) purposes, a catch all "Latino" designation doesn't tell the whole story.

Elena Perez July 28, 2008 7:36 PM

As half-Cubana, and an early supporter of Obama, I can't say I'm surprised.

JT is right that a lot of older generation Cubans tend to swing conservative, but we younger folks aren't following their lead!