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Demsrule86

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4. Maybe, but the way they handle the data was completely stupid.

Reply to NanaCat (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 9, 2024, 06:45 PM

Mar 2024

So is it on purpose or just because of their false assumptions...they over sample the rural voters because there a less of them. It is part of how they do their stupid polls. It is a bad poll by all measures.

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ANYBODY CHECK OUT THE NYT/SIENNA POLL [View all] DLCWIdem Mar 2024 OP

It's a deeply flawed poll Fiendish Thingy Mar 2024 #1

Why would I bother? It is a shit poll that deliberately samples more Trump voters... Demsrule86 Mar 2024 #2

Making the decision to oversample R voters NanaCat Mar 2024 #3

Maybe, but the way they handle the data was completely stupid. Demsrule86 Mar 2024 #4

Thank you for linking the poll DLCWIdem Mar 2024 #8

I'm sure the tyrants love it DoBW Mar 2024 #5

These polling outfits need to go get stuffed .... LenaBaby61 Mar 2024 #6

Disproportionate sampling typically gets addressed by weighting 0rganism Mar 2024 #7