We’ve heard carping from the usual suspects that opinion polling in Georgia is unreliable. Well, that’s obviously from people who don’t read IA each day or watch Matt Towery on Fox5. Polling costs lots of money so a last “official” poll taken with seven days to go, like our last one showing Kingston ahead by 5% (the closest to the outcome of any polling outfit), is likely right when released (they are snapshots in time). In fact, our last two polls showed the race between a one point battle and a 5% race. Also crucial is to look at the margin of error for each poll. For the poll on July 16, which had Kingston with a 5 point lead, the margin of error was 3.6%. The July 9th poll, which saw Kingston up only 1%, had a 2.7% margin of error. Both polls pinned the race as very close. But most importantly, the unofficial tracking polls that we continued to release to our readers and which were discussed only on Fox5 Atlanta, FoxNews, and NewsmaxTV by Matt Towery made it clear that the race was tightening. Below you can revisit our Monday pre-election posting which appeared on this very site. And if you watched our CEO Matt Towery on Fox5 Monday night before the Tuesday vote, you received the same inside information. Here’s another look at Monday’s post on this website.
