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rinsd

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Mon Dec-10-07 04:55 PM
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7. Is it me or does this poll undersample the black vote?

Edited on Mon Dec-10-07 04:55 PM by rinsd

Out of 480 LV surveyed, they ended up with 74 black voters.

In their previous poll last week it was 67 black people.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/RCP_PDF/InsiderAdvantage_Majority_Opinion_Early_Dec_SC_Dem_Poll.pdf

I assume they are then weighting responses.

But this struck me as odd since in SC anywhere from 40 to 50% of the primary voters are black.

Why not have polling demographics at least in that ballpark instead of having 70% of the interviewees as whites. :shrug:

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