hughee99
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Wed Jul-30-08 10:57 PM
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| 9. I always wondered how it was that a polling agency could |
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conduct 2-3000 interviews and tell you how 100+ million people are going to vote with in a margin of error of 3%. It just seems to me like this isn't a sufficient sample size to cover all the countless demographics out there accurately.
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| -Gotcha! Gallup Commits "Polling Malpractice" Startling New Info/Controversy on Poll |
kpete |
Jul-30-08 10:26 PM |
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We've known that Gallup polls were bought and sold for a while, this is more proof. |
yardwork |
Jul-30-08 10:28 PM |
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My college stats classes taught us the most important thing |
rebel with a cause |
Jul-30-08 10:37 PM |
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Someone published their weighting formula back in 2004 |
Warpy |
Jul-30-08 11:18 PM |
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They do that simply by oversampling Republicans. That's how they weight it. nt |
Selatius |
Jul-31-08 08:30 PM |
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No question Gallup is pro Republican. |
The Backlash Cometh |
Aug-01-08 08:31 AM |
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I just KNEW that those polls had to be a crock of u-know-what!!!! |
BrklynLiberal |
Jul-30-08 10:31 PM |
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Gallup polls |
youngharry |
Jul-31-08 09:20 PM |
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We gotta do something! |
gratuitous |
Jul-30-08 10:33 PM |
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Call me a tin-foil hatter... |
TwoSparkles |
Jul-30-08 10:35 PM |
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Totally agree. nt |
Psyop Samurai |
Jul-30-08 10:48 PM |
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and I second that "totally agree" |
ooglymoogly |
Aug-01-08 12:53 PM |
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You and me, both. And I don't need the hat. |
DCKit |
Jul-30-08 10:52 PM |
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There's no horse race. |
Lugnut |
Jul-31-08 12:46 AM |
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That fugging simple |
malaise |
Jul-31-08 09:27 AM |
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Spot-on. |
AzDar |
Jul-31-08 04:03 AM |
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I totally agree, too, TwoSparkles. |
alstephenson |
Jul-31-08 12:23 PM |
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Yep, setting up a "close race" scenario to cover up planned theft of the election. |
LonelyLRLiberal |
Jul-31-08 05:50 PM |
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My money's on "easier to steal." |
Jackpine Radical |
Jul-31-08 09:29 PM |
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Only way to keep the t.v. ratings and the polls themselves going. |
DebJ |
Jul-31-08 09:33 PM |
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A frigg'n cheat is in the works. You can bet on that. |
lonestarnot |
Jul-31-08 09:37 PM |
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I believe you are absolutely right. |
donco6 |
Jul-31-08 11:17 PM |
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OK, you're a tin-foil hatter. |
dreamnightwind |
Jul-31-08 11:54 PM |
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TwoSparkles, |
RNdaSilva |
Aug-01-08 02:39 AM |
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I took a poll and determined that Gallup is 90% full of shit. |
TexasObserver |
Jul-30-08 10:37 PM |
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Heavily weighted towards flies? |
RUMMYisFROSTED |
Aug-01-08 08:24 AM |
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I always wondered how it was that a polling agency could |
hughee99 |
Jul-30-08 10:57 PM |
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I need to ask this question.... |
TwoSparkles |
Jul-30-08 11:07 PM |
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sounds like a good idea to me... let me know if it goes anywhere. n/t |
IndependentDem |
Jul-31-08 09:46 AM |
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college /university polls are usually good indicators |
liskddksil |
Jul-31-08 10:23 AM |
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My first thought when I saw this poll was that they mis-weighted the parties |
progressive_realist |
Jul-30-08 11:13 PM |
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POLL FRAUD MUST PRECEDE VOTE FRAUD |
elehhhhna |
Jul-31-08 08:55 AM |
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Ding ding ding....n/t |
DearAbby |
Jul-31-08 11:03 AM |
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Yes, and clean up the mess after with fudged exit polls.... |
ooglymoogly |
Jul-31-08 08:35 PM |
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Here is the skinny the way I see it... |
ooglymoogly |
Jul-31-08 09:18 PM |
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So the Gallup poll is essentially stupid |
Gman |
Jul-31-08 08:27 PM |
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I thought they were wrong |
BecauseBushSaysSo |
Jul-31-08 08:28 PM |
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Gallop is a disgrace to this nation. It is biased claptrap and |
ooglymoogly |
Jul-31-08 08:33 PM |
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Pollster company has become a whore |
whistle |
Jul-31-08 08:39 PM |
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McCain is to Maverick as Gallup is to Polls both are working hard to lose their brand |
grantcart |
Jul-31-08 08:40 PM |
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Translation: we have successfully scrubbed the voter registrations lists |
WIllo |
Jul-31-08 09:09 PM |
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Here is the skinny the way I see it... |
ooglymoogly |
Jul-31-08 09:20 PM |
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Malpractice MY ASS - IT IS FRAUD! Fascist FRAUD - let's wake up |
Phred42 |
Jul-31-08 09:36 PM |
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Ever since Warren Mitofsky created the "reluctant responder" theory the professional has degenerated |
McCamy Taylor |
Jul-31-08 10:10 PM |
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yes! |
dreamnightwind |
Aug-01-08 12:03 AM |
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Bastards! |
thecatburgler |
Jul-31-08 11:12 PM |
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There are lies, there are damned lies, and finally there are statistics. |
Odin2005 |
Aug-01-08 01:28 AM |
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Guess who is more likely to respond to polls in the midst of summer?! |
TexasObserver |
Aug-01-08 04:25 AM |
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Yes, a lot of people have gotten rid of their land lines completely. |
riverdeep |
Aug-01-08 04:48 AM |
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This Poll Doesn't Even Give Gallup What They Were Looking For |
DallasNE |
Aug-01-08 07:56 AM |
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They got away with this because you all gave them credence when they |
The Backlash Cometh |
Aug-01-08 08:30 AM |
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And lest we forget.... |
ooglymoogly |
Aug-01-08 12:14 PM |
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My understanding is that the Truman poll was done by telephone and |
CTyankee |
Aug-01-08 12:19 PM |
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A polling co. searching for the truth would have understood that and acted accordingly. |
ooglymoogly |
Aug-01-08 12:21 PM |
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I suspect that polling was not then the science that it is now. |
CTyankee |
Aug-01-08 12:23 PM |
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Is this a joke? |
The Backlash Cometh |
Aug-01-08 12:35 PM |
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Of course the "polls" are being fixed --- always have been --- |
defendandprotect |
Aug-01-08 11:13 AM |
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...so figure out that the truth is probably disastrous to GOP/McCain --- |
defendandprotect |
Aug-01-08 11:16 AM |
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KICK KICK because I believe it isn't fair to even-out likely voters |
Overseas |
Aug-01-08 11:20 AM |
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Pugs are 5 star cooks (at least to pugs) when it comes to cooking the books |
ooglymoogly |
Aug-01-08 12:18 PM |
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