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SemiCharmedQuark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 04:56 AM
Response to Reply #32
33. Random sampling implies that is the exception, not the rule.
Edited on Tue Dec-22-09 04:59 AM by SemiCharmedQuark
:shrug:

Your concern about the sample would make sense if this was just one poll. But the numbers have remained fairly steady.
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  -As Health Bill nears passage President Obama's support among Liberal Democrats still high 86% grantcart  Dec-22-09 01:59 AM   #0 
  - Good news!  silverweb   Dec-22-09 02:00 AM   #1 
  - They must have skipped over me.  begin_within   Dec-22-09 02:02 AM   #2 
  - No, they didn't "skip" you ...  NanceGreggs   Dec-22-09 02:05 AM   #4 
  - Ouch.  cliffordu   Dec-22-09 08:31 AM   #37 
  - it kills them to find out how few of them there are  Aramchek   Dec-22-09 04:49 PM   #62 
  - Haaaa ha haaaaaaaa ha ha ha ha haaaaaa haaa ha haaa haaa ha ha ha ha ha haaaaaaa  apocalypsehow   Dec-22-09 04:43 PM   #59 
  - as will History  Aramchek   Dec-22-09 04:50 PM   #63 
  - Tryin' to dazzle me with facts, are you?  NanceGreggs   Dec-22-09 02:04 AM   #3 
  - I'm dazzled too ~ sometimes I think I'm on another planet  goclark   Dec-22-09 02:11 AM   #5 
  - We'll see how that carries over  Raine   Dec-22-09 02:11 AM   #6 
  - I think we can conjecture that the convulsions are just so much posturing.  LoZoccolo   Dec-22-09 02:18 AM   #7 
  - Yeah, just like the convulsions over IWR.  girl gone mad   Dec-22-09 03:20 AM   #17 
  - Well, obviously Obama should continue to piss in the Wheaties of "liberal democrats"...  LooseWilly   Dec-22-09 02:19 AM   #8 
  - your anti Obama screed is not surprising but I am curious  grantcart   Dec-22-09 02:23 AM   #9 
  - What supernatural powers?... I am a practitioner of Voudoun!!  LooseWilly   Dec-22-09 03:30 AM   #19 
     - I am curious then since I spent only spent 7 years working in refugee camps  grantcart   Dec-22-09 12:35 PM   #43 
     - Ironic  niceypoo   Dec-22-09 07:18 PM   #71 
     - LOL ~ you must not have any idea about grantcart  goclark   Dec-23-09 08:31 AM   #80 
  - I've always been a registered Independent..  girl gone mad   Dec-22-09 03:24 AM   #18 
  - Great news.  Undercurrent   Dec-22-09 02:26 AM   #10 
  - Does ANYONE know how to read a chart?  DontTreadOnMe   Dec-22-09 02:40 AM   #12 
     - In other developments, how's the 'thon going? Meeting the goals? n/t.  apocalypsehow   Dec-22-09 04:50 PM   #64 
  - So he has 86% support among members of the third largest political party in Great Britain?  Ken Burch   Dec-22-09 02:33 AM   #11 
  - So you think you can come here, wave with numbers and facts  impik   Dec-22-09 02:42 AM   #13 
  - Polls like this make some people feel better  DontTreadOnMe   Dec-22-09 02:48 AM   #14 
  - The only polls that really matter are the ones  Raine   Dec-22-09 03:40 AM   #21 
  - no someone actually dared me to do it.  grantcart   Dec-22-09 01:12 PM   #44 
  - The demographic not discussed is "activists"  Tom Rinaldo   Dec-22-09 03:00 AM   #15 
  - You mean like the  ProSense   Dec-22-09 03:26 PM   #54 
  - Support?  falcon97   Dec-22-09 03:10 AM   #16 
  - That was Nov. I would have answered yes  sabrina 1   Dec-22-09 03:31 AM   #20 
  - It's actually December 14-20.  SemiCharmedQuark   Dec-22-09 04:01 AM   #22 
  - Wow. I went to 5 political events loaded with "liberal " Dems this holiday season  saracat   Dec-22-09 04:16 AM   #23 
  - They discuss their methodology.  SemiCharmedQuark   Dec-22-09 04:28 AM   #24 
  - The political ones were 100% DemocraticThe otheres were mixes.  saracat   Dec-22-09 04:36 AM   #27 
     - Yeah, but...we (in general) tend to associate ourselves with like minded individuals.  SemiCharmedQuark   Dec-22-09 04:38 AM   #29 
        - That may be so but what was surprising is that folks I often don't agree with  saracat   Dec-22-09 04:52 AM   #32 
           - Random sampling implies that is the exception, not the rule.  SemiCharmedQuark   Dec-22-09 04:56 AM   #33 
              - Whatever. Election results are the only numbers that matter.  saracat   Dec-22-09 05:03 AM   #34 
  - I think I am going to consider this poll more accurate than your  treestar   Dec-22-09 11:55 AM   #41 
  - Neo-liberal, pro-corporate democrats LOVE this give-away to the Insurance Cartel ...  ShortnFiery   Dec-22-09 04:31 AM   #25 
  - That seems like a "No True Scotsman" argument.  SemiCharmedQuark   Dec-22-09 04:33 AM   #26 
  - I know a lot of Centrists, pro corporate democrats who love to use the "liberal" label when  ShortnFiery   Dec-22-09 04:36 AM   #28 
  - Problem is that not every person subscribes to ShortnFiery's definition of liberal  SemiCharmedQuark   Dec-22-09 04:40 AM   #30 
     - No, don't take my word for it, look to Europe? The USA has morphed into a right-wing duopoly.  ShortnFiery   Dec-22-09 04:43 AM   #31 
  - people no longer have the ability to classify themselves, we must do it for them.  grantcart   Dec-22-09 01:13 PM   #45 
  - Chronic malcontents, never.  cliffordu   Dec-22-09 08:33 AM   #39 
  - So the vast majority  quaker bill   Dec-22-09 06:39 AM   #35 
  - Good numbers from the Quinnipiac poll as well...  Clio the Leo   Dec-22-09 08:23 AM   #36 
  - K&R for that good old timey feeling I get with that  cliffordu   Dec-22-09 08:33 AM   #38 
  - Yeah, on 9/12/2001, GWB had a 90% approval rating.  rateyes   Dec-22-09 09:04 AM   #40 
  - I am afraid  quaker bill   Dec-22-09 07:32 PM   #73 
  - ...but did he save Bambi ?!?! No? well....there you go..  uponit7771   Dec-22-09 12:16 PM   #42 
  - I support Obama -- But I fear he is Screwing the Pooch  Armstead   Dec-22-09 01:14 PM   #46 
  - 86% Approval among Liberal Democrats  Jeff In Milwaukee   Dec-22-09 01:29 PM   #47 
  - or 3) your a corporate sell out  grantcart   Dec-22-09 02:19 PM   #48 
  - You seem to be overlooking an important point -- BALANCE  Armstead   Dec-22-09 02:26 PM   #50 
  - Curse you for stating the obvious!!  Jeff In Milwaukee   Dec-22-09 06:56 PM   #70 
  - Yep we are conservative provocateurs for wanting te actually see real liberal reform  Armstead   Dec-22-09 02:27 PM   #52 
  - BS. Danny Glover said black folks are mad at Obama  Number23   Dec-22-09 02:19 PM   #49 
  - Danny Glover is a PUMA  Aramchek   Dec-22-09 04:52 PM   #66 
     - Naw he ain't. He's a smart brother with a difference of opinion, nothing more or less  Number23   Dec-22-09 05:53 PM   #68 
        - !  AspenRose   Dec-22-09 08:59 PM   #74 
  - Gallup thinks Ben Nelson is a "liberal."  branders seine   Dec-22-09 02:27 PM   #51 
  - This isnt who Gallup thinks is Liberal, it is who self-identifies as Liberal. n/t  stevenleser   Dec-22-09 03:22 PM   #53 
     - among those contacted by Gallup.  branders seine   Dec-22-09 06:16 PM   #69 
        - LOL  stevenleser   Dec-22-09 10:55 PM   #79 
  - KR  Cha   Dec-22-09 03:42 PM   #55 
  - I am not in revolt against the Pres.  dcsmart   Dec-22-09 03:45 PM   #56 
  - The highest drop comes from the 18-29 group, and the greatest  tekisui   Dec-22-09 04:24 PM   #57 
  - he's better than GOP, but that doesn't mean we can't expect more  yurbud   Dec-22-09 04:29 PM   #58 
  - Kick, Rec. n/t.  apocalypsehow   Dec-22-09 04:44 PM   #60 
  - Retrospective data at this point-  depakid   Dec-22-09 04:47 PM   #61 
  - you just can't believe your lyin' Aussie eyes can you?  Aramchek   Dec-22-09 04:51 PM   #65 
     - LOL- no, I just know how to conduct and analyze actual research  depakid   Dec-22-09 05:35 PM   #67 
  - I predict these numbers go up once the HCR bill gets passed and into law..  DCBob   Dec-22-09 07:25 PM   #72 
  - Take a good long look out the window, Mitt and Mike.  saltpoint   Dec-22-09 09:02 PM   #75 
  - Nice!  mzmolly   Dec-22-09 10:24 PM   #76 
  - This is such, IMO, bullshit. The M$M "manufacturing consent."  ShortnFiery   Dec-22-09 10:26 PM   #77 
  - Wait until they all get fucked over by the mandate n/t  eridani   Dec-22-09 10:33 PM   #78 
 

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