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In reply to the discussion: UnskewedPolls.com rises from the dead! They Distort, You Decide! [View all]davidpdx
(22,000 posts)9. Besides the fact that we know this is a partisan poll
The way the questions were written were absolute garbage and violate several rules of writing a survey.
It wouldn't surprise me in the least if he skews the results.
Someone should also tell him his "poll" is open to manipulation. I voted two different times and could vote multiple times if I really wanted to.
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Dark n Stormy Knight
Nov 2012
OP
I hadn't heard that, but I did just find the OP that announces it:
Dark n Stormy Knight
Nov 2012
#10
I guess he's sort of retracting his apology. : ) Otherwise, why this ridiculous poll? I
Dark n Stormy Knight
Nov 2012
#11
Thanks. So, he has a "column" or whatever it is on Examiner.com? Not that I care to read it,
Dark n Stormy Knight
Nov 2012
#25
This election left no doubt there's massive $ to be made by telling people lies they want to be true
NCLefty
Nov 2012
#5
That's it! I'm starting my own church/polling firm/Superpac. I should be in the 1% in no time.
Dark n Stormy Knight
Nov 2012
#13
Is that the turd that got caught posting a fictitious exit poll on his website?
leftlibdem420
Nov 2012
#6
I don't know, but he did say Nate Silver couldn't be correct because his appearance isn't
Dark n Stormy Knight
Nov 2012
#8
Right you are. I voted twice too, just to prove I could. I guess they never heard of
Dark n Stormy Knight
Nov 2012
#12
Hmmm. So, don't you feel like messing with him and submitting poll results "from" Russian,
Dark n Stormy Knight
Nov 2012
#26
Glad you don't have time, because it may have "forced" him to lash out at someone else.
Dark n Stormy Knight
Nov 2012
#35
Yeah, odd. I also wondered about the categories used in the map of "Leading Churches" in America,
Dark n Stormy Knight
Nov 2012
#29
Ah, thanks for that. I hadn't checked out that map that carefully. By the way, my Catholic
Dark n Stormy Knight
Nov 2012
#36