You are viewing an obsolete version of the DU website which is no longer supported by the Administrators. Visit The New DU.
Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

Reply #50: this is all nice... [View All]

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread
This topic is archived.
Home » Discuss » Latest Breaking News Donate to DU
JusticeForAll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-16-04 02:01 PM
Response to Original message
50. this is all nice...
But I wouldn't get too confident over a poll survey that polls only a 1000 voters, and probably does not weight accurately the impact of the Electoral College. They say the MoE is 3% but I have difficulty believing that, especially when state polls with similar or larger numbers of respondents have nearly the same MoE, yet are being stacked against considerably SMALLER populations.

I much prefer relying on the state by state tracking polls that survey considerably more people (like 1000 per STATE), and estimate likelihiood of receiving a state's alloted votes.

This is nice news, but can we really afford any complacency in this race?
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 

Home » Discuss » Latest Breaking News Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators


Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC