A poll a day keeps the politicans away
There seems to be new spin. The Repubs can't figure out why the Repub poll numbers are so low, and Clintons so high and the answer: Right wingers use caller ID and never respond. Thats not true, I worked at an accurate polling place for 5 years and we had many die hard Bush fans. That logic doesn't wash. Politicans always debate the usefullness of polls when they're down in them but the truth is they do give an accurate descritpion of how people are feeling at the given time they're taken.
posted by Rob at 8:19 PM
2 Comments:
Rob,
The counter to the " conservative caller ID" is that liberals are more likely to have two parents working and refuse to talk to anyone during their only time with the family.
It all evens out.
Rob, I think you are right. After to '04 election there was an article that indicated polling right before Election Day invariable was within the margin of error with the final vote tally. This has been true for many presidential elections since the advent of modern sampling methods.
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