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WePurrsevere

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31. A) Gallup leans right and B) "Margin of error is 3 +/- percentage points"...

Mon May 15, 2017, 09:58 AM

May 2017

I tend to take most polls with a large cow lick of salt. It can be too much like weighing yourself every day when you're on a diet.

When you do look at polls... read the the demographics, margin of error, etc. It might help.

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HOW CAN THIS POSSIBLY BE?? MADMAN UP +3 IN GALLUP?? [View all] PearliePoo2 May 2017 OP

Gallup is a rightwing pollster. That crew has always been in love w/the likes of MADem May 2017 #1

I never knew that about Gallup. I always thought they were neutral. Thanks! n/t RKP5637 May 2017 #5

You couldn't more incorrect titaniumsalute May 2017 #18

George Gallup was a die hard rightie. His legacy follows suit. MADem May 2017 #23

Thanks titaniumsalute May 2017 #25

I'm not the only one who notices that they "oversample" Republicans MADem May 2017 #32

Again this isn't correct titaniumsalute May 2017 #33

Look, all I know is that they're WRONG. MADem May 2017 #34

OK. Maybe try learning something instead... titaniumsalute May 2017 #35

Here maybe this will help... titaniumsalute May 2017 #36

They didn't do any better! nt MADem May 2017 #39

By this simplistic reasoning, most polling organizations mythology May 2017 #37

His people like the drama, the "crazy". Ilsa May 2017 #2

It's Gallup underpants May 2017 #3

Polls are essentially BS on BOTH sides... Lord_at_War May 2017 #10

An overall poll asking approve/disapprove must be done at random titaniumsalute May 2017 #19

Reality shows do well. The more drama the better. Solly Mack May 2017 #4

The Яussians have found a back door. lpbk2713 May 2017 #6

There's a certain percentage of "citizens" who view life as a Reality TV show/Cage Match. haele May 2017 #7

Yeah, really, really sad. PearliePoo2 May 2017 #11

this needs to be an OP. with all the over analysis it really does come down to this JI7 May 2017 #28

He's still underwater at 41-54% @ Gallup Hawaii Hiker May 2017 #8

tracking polls are prone to big swings and spikes. geek tragedy May 2017 #9

Please no BS comments about Gallup slanting the data. Bucky May 2017 #12

Absolutely titaniumsalute May 2017 #20

You mean like they didn't slant it in 2012? MADem May 2017 #24

Cambridge Analytica / Mercer manipulating people? BSdetect May 2017 #13

From 38 to 41 within margin of error? Tiggeroshii May 2017 #14

Not buying it. smirkymonkey May 2017 #15

He fired the guy who 'let Hillary Clinton off'. He'll get a bump for that. Feathery Scout May 2017 #16

Oh I thought you meant he was at 53% Dr. Jack May 2017 #17

They were given a false narrative by Fox News Goodheart May 2017 #21

Gallup.. nt SoCalDem May 2017 #22

The link belies the headline- 39/56. It changed again. DemocratSinceBirth May 2017 #26

Gallup has been one of the least Trump-friendly polls. Margin of error means it fluctuates. Doodley May 2017 #27

38% may be where he bottoms out. Orsino May 2017 #29

What's the margin of error? wryter2000 May 2017 #30

A) Gallup leans right and B) "Margin of error is 3 +/- percentage points"... WePurrsevere May 2017 #31

That's the same as the margin of error mythology May 2017 #38