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4. I'm sorry your post was hidden.

Thu Sep 7, 2023, 11:14 AM

Sep 2023

I was originally going to post this as a reply to you.

It's a suspect poll, to say the least. Which sent me digging for the data.

This made me raise my brows.

The CNN Poll was conducted by SSRS from August 25-31 among a random national sample of 1,503 adults drawn from a probability-based panel, including 1,259 registered voters and 391 Democratic and Democratic-leaning independent voters. The survey included an oversample to reach a total of 898 Republicans and Republican-leaning independents; this group has been weighted to its proper size within the population. Surveys were either conducted online or by telephone with a live interviewer. Results among the full sample have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 points; among registered voters, the margin of sampling error is 3.6 points, and it is 6.0 for Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters.

What in the world are they doing over sampling Republicans like that? I started looking up SSSR and fell into this KOS post and decided I'd share it to help make a bit of sense of why it seems so outlandish.

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Either this CNN poll is pure BS or they are doing a horrible job explaining what they have done. [View all] herding cats Sep 2023 OP

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I'm sorry your post was hidden. herding cats Sep 2023 #4

Appeal. JohnSJ Sep 2023 #10

SSRS is low rated on 538, but a major reason for that is it massively overstated Biden/Dems in 2020 Celerity Sep 2023 #12

It would seem they're overcompensating for that so far this round. herding cats Sep 2023 #16

I lack the information to make that call, but you may well be right. That said, they are far from Celerity Sep 2023 #22

Democrats will come home to Joe if he runs but personally Tomconroy Sep 2023 #36

Newsom's who gives me heartburn Sympthsical Sep 2023 #39

Assuming Biden wins in 2024, the 2028 Democratic primaries may well be a shitshow, IMHO. Celerity Sep 2023 #49

Hmmm... Think. Again. Sep 2023 #32

I was referring strictly to the numbers, not potential outcomes from those numbers. Celerity Sep 2023 #38

I see, I misunderstood... Think. Again. Sep 2023 #47

They need a horse race for ratings? Pacifist Patriot Sep 2023 #15

Evergreen herding cats Sep 2023 #17

Exactly. hadEnuf Sep 2023 #42

Maybe because the poll is questionable, as this OP indicates. wnylib Sep 2023 #20

That shit would definitely stick to the ceiling. dchill Sep 2023 #2

BS. Of course. Masquerading as reality. bullimiami Sep 2023 #3

So, they 'weighted' it Bettie Sep 2023 #5

Right? herding cats Sep 2023 #8

And according to some people Bettie Sep 2023 #25

Do a poll about how Women have lost freedoms and pwb Sep 2023 #6

It's all about the revenue. herding cats Sep 2023 #18

Giant Headline!! Sane1 Sep 2023 #7

That is their new model. herding cats Sep 2023 #23

I saw that when going to their main site looking for a different story BumRushDaShow Sep 2023 #33

r&k Nice work finding this article. 💯 MerryBlooms Sep 2023 #9

THROW AWAY YOUR TV. usonian Sep 2023 #11

I don't trust anything from CNN anymore. Might as well be a FOX poll. Meadowoak Sep 2023 #13

+1 moondust Sep 2023 #19

same. "They" want the orange guy back. Evolve Dammit Sep 2023 #34

What I noticed, in the hidden post, was we have seen an unbroken decline in presidents' sinkingfeeling Sep 2023 #14

Frankly I do not care one ioda Roc2020 Sep 2023 #21

Yes. It seems very unusual 60% of the sample would be GOP-leaning. MyNameIsJonas Sep 2023 #24

And yet, that BS poll did exactly what CNN (aka NeuvoFox) wanted it to do. Scrivener7 Sep 2023 #26

Remember, CNN played a significant, deliberate role in defeating Democrats in 2016. Hortensis Sep 2023 #27

And way too many who don't pay much attention to politics still think of CNN as the Scrivener7 Sep 2023 #28

Any evidence of that? TexasDem69 Sep 2023 #50

They're wrong. Ligyron Sep 2023 #29

Not a valid poll if the respondents "participate regularly" in their surveys SpankMe Sep 2023 #30

I feel there is a segment of Democratic voters that are worried about Bidens age LiberalLovinLug Sep 2023 #31

Some polls are conducted to suit the client/patron and the desired answers requested by them. Ford_Prefect Sep 2023 #35

Regardless of who the candidate is I think most people Tomconroy Sep 2023 #37

Some voters want different candidates, not a 2020 repeat pinkstarburst Sep 2023 #40

CNN is trying to stay neutral nowforever Sep 2023 #41

Another poll, obviously poorly written, and/or explained, and/or way too early. What is CNN trying SWBTATTReg Sep 2023 #43

CNN, all propaganda, all of the time. onecaliberal Sep 2023 #44

Right! Every time the scam rears its head, scream bloody murder. jaxexpat Sep 2023 #45

Survey questions: sl8 Sep 2023 #46

Have you seen this, Cat? Cha Sep 2023 #48