Whit Ayres’ comments in The Washington Post‘s “The Fix” blog regarding the gap between voter preferences and predicted outcomes:
“The ballot question is driven by who voters want to win,” said Republican pollster Whit Ayres. “The ‘Who do you think will win?’ question is driven by pundits and commentators who want Obama to win.”
Added Ayres: “[Comedian] Bill Maher and his ilk affect the thinking of a lot of people on the predictive question but fortunately do not affect the thinking of that many people on the preference question.”
Under Ayres’s line of thinking, the tone of the coverage of the race leads people who want Romney to win to believe that he ultimately won’t — although that sentiment doesn’t change how they plan to vote.
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