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I would bet this is a Shumaker poll. Morgan and Shumaker are tight enough that I doubt he would go anywhere else. So the slamming of the GOP incumbents can be laid right at Shumaker's door. Those incumbents ought to be calling Burr and demanding that if Shumaker is doing things like that, he ought to be given his walking papers from Burr's campaign.
Polling is one of the things that Shumaker does himself, unlike most consultants who use an outside pollster. I have seen a Shumaker poll, and must admit this is one of the areas where he does know what he is doing, unlike some other areas of politics. Shu apparently figured out that polling was a big profit center for a consultant who did it himself and learned the trade reasonably well. The hard part of polling is doing the calling, tabulating, and computer work for the crosstabs you need. There are professional phone banks, however, that will do all of that for a fairly small fee. There are also list companies that can generate the random sample to call for peanuts. All the consultant has to do is write the questions and do a bit of interpretation for the client. And then pick up the lions share of the fee paid by the client.
When Brubaker was Speaker and had Shu hired as the consultant for the House caucus, most of the money raised ended up in Shumaker polls and thus ultimately in Shumaker's pocket. The polls were then given as contributions in kind to GOP House candidates, at a hefty price (paid by the caucas to Shu).
The one that took the case was Richard Petty's campaign for Secretary of State. His campaign report showed no money spent on electronic media but lots and lots of polls taken. Shu, of course, was his consultant.
If Morgan did a poll, you can be sure it was a Shumaker poll.
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