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  Reality Check: NY-23 Poll May Seek to Alter, Not Reflect, Reality
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ContributorBrandonius Maximus 
Last EditedBrandonius Maximus  Oct 26, 2009 04:12pm
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AuthorNate Silver
News DateMonday, October 26, 2009 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionThere's a lot of buzz in the conservative blogosphere today about a new poll put out by the Club For Growth which shows Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman leading both Democrat Bill Owens and Republican Dede Scozzafava in the special Congressional election in New York's 23rd Congressional District. The poll shows Hoffman at 31 percent, Owens at 27 percent, Scozzafava at 20 percent, and 22 percent undecided.

It's a bit disturbing how credulously the conservative blogs, most of whom are rooting for Hoffman, are taking this poll. Here are few of the concerns that a more critical observer might ask about it:
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