Reply #11: It's poor journalism, regardlesss of whether it was Freeped or Duped

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Polls are unscientific, and display biases of site visitors (put a poll on DU, "Will you vote for Bush in 2004?" and you'll get maybe 10% yes), people with tendency to vote (maybe Gore supporters are simply not the kind of people who vote in online polls), organized attacks, or people with net connection not being representative of the population (in an online poll, "are you connected to the internet?" obviously 100% of the people will vote yes).

That said, not every poll that doesn't show that Bush's approval rating is below 30%, that the Dems are going to win 45 states, and that the most unpopular Dem will beat Bush by a margin of 10 points, is freeped.