President Obama greets the crowd in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sept. 30, 2012. In late November, the sage of the Sagebrush, Nevada, journalist Jon Ralston, uncovered a fascinating post by UNLV political science professor David Damore. The subject was one that has been often discussed both here and elsewhere: Why are pollsters always getting Nevada wrong? For those with short memories, in 2008, polls showed Barack Obama with a slight lead in Nevada.