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tritsofme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-30-04 11:40 PM
Response to Reply #17
18. I'm aware of what was said about polling
before the election, and I think both points you mentioned were overblown.

I have always believed that a random sample would yield a picture of the electorate that was representative.

Pegging party identification to four year old exit polls has never made sense to me, and whether you look at the data in the link above, or the actual results that are on the internet today, you see an increase in Republican party ID.

I always thought the cell phone only voter phenomenon in this election was overblown, but in the future that may well pose a problem.

How deep does this conspiracy have to go that all major pollsters are now implicated?
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