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Cessna Invesco Palin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 07:47 AM
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Why polls are bullshit.
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Bentcorner Donating Member (385 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 07:55 AM
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1. After dealing with Zogby, I don't trust any polls!
http://www.bentcorner.com/john-zogby-is-the-reason-i-do-not-trust-polls/
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Cessna Invesco Palin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 08:27 AM
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3. That's a really bizarre story.
What a bastard.
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 08:00 AM
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2. This is exactly what polls do, i.e. the info is messed up by polling
Edited on Fri May-02-08 08:04 AM by patrice
http://www.comics.com/comics/brevity/archive/brevity-20080426.html?click
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 09:13 AM
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4. All polls show a close race. In this, they are accurate. Disregard online polls. nt
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Cessna Invesco Palin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 12:30 PM
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5. Shameless kick of boredom. n/t
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rinsd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 12:35 PM
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6. That's interpretation vs data. Not exactly a new argument.
And certainly not an argument that justifies ignoring the data.
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Stagecoach Donating Member (468 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 12:40 PM
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7. Yep
I try not to put any stock in polls. When you have 5 to 10 different pollsters and you have such a small sample size, you can end up with 5 to 10 different results. And it also depends on the day. But the truth of the matter is I don't believe there's that many undecideds that the polls continually change like this. The only poll that's going to matter is the polls on Tuesday.
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