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Originally Posted by kg_veteran
So, of the 142 that responded, 62 (44%) without a party affiliation think Obama retains a strong edge. As opposed to the 530 who think McCain does.
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?? I'm confused by your statement. Are you implying that the 530 or so Economists who pledged support for McCain, don't have a party affiliation?
Also if you're point here was to compare the numbers of people in THE ECONOMIST survey who believe Obama has a better economic agenda (you left out the self identifying Democrats) to the number of economists (539) who have gotten together and allegedly signed a document supporting McCain, you do understand that this was a survey? A sampling of the opinion of a particular group of people, in this case economists who are current practicing research associates of the NBER over how they feel about the respective economic plans of the two candidates, not an actual tally of the number of economists sticking their pin to Obama? There are less than 700 total research associates in the NBER period. By contrast The American Economic Association, The premiere association for Professional economists in North America has over 17,000 members. My guess is more than a few of them will be pulling the lever for Obama.