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2016 Postmortem

Lord Magus

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34. Oversampling whites by almost 10% on the basis that there's no black candidate this time...

Reply to Doodley (Reply #26)

Thu Jul 14, 2016, 03:06 PM

Jul 2016

...seems fairly racist.

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Here�s Why Quinnipiac�s Polls Showing Trump Leading Clinton Are Totally Wrong (GD 16) [View all] Her Sister Jul 2016 OP

Correct. The Q poll is under sampling Dems by a few points as well. BlueNoMatterWho Jul 2016 #1

This doesn't make them wrong rjsquirrel Jul 2016 #2

Yep if I only poll white people results are "right" Her Sister Jul 2016 #3

Technically true rjsquirrel Jul 2016 #4

A- All right ! Her Sister Jul 2016 #5

In the sense of rjsquirrel Jul 2016 #7

They just assume that white people will be a larger share of the electorate anybody else predicts. Lord Magus Jul 2016 #9

Because Trump appears to appeal to white grievance rjsquirrel Jul 2016 #10

Yet the corollary seems just as plausible. Trump's candidacy may turn out minority voters LanternWaste Jul 2016 #12

I agree entirely rjsquirrel Jul 2016 #18

That would assume there is any such vast untapped group of white racist voters. Lord Magus Jul 2016 #20

There is no doubt about it really rjsquirrel Jul 2016 #22

20. That would assume there is any such vast untapped group of white racist voters. Her Sister Jul 2016 #30

Exactly. Lord Magus Jul 2016 #35

Trust me there's more of them out theye rjsquirrel Jul 2016 #37

Here's their logo ... aggiesal Jul 2016 #25

I like Statistics and you're right! Her Sister Jul 2016 #6

Alright! Let's win this thing for team blue! rjsquirrel Jul 2016 #8

Yes! Let's stay Hungry! Her Sister Jul 2016 #13

the proper term is 'unreliable' due to sample not being an accurate representation of the likely Bill USA Jul 2016 #17

Of course polls are right or wrong and usually wrong. Hortensis Jul 2016 #36

The Q polls are becoming the favorite polls of the GOP Gothmog Jul 2016 #11

I'd hate to see us "unskewing" polls like the right has done in the past. toddwv Jul 2016 #14

It's not unskewing the polls, it's discarding ones that make racist assumptions about the electorate Lord Magus Jul 2016 #21

Quinnipiac just thinks the 2012 Exit Polls undercounted white voters Cicada Jul 2016 #33

Unskewing polls is not a great idea andym Jul 2016 #15

Quinnipiac had to come up with a sampling aberrration that would boost GOP candidates numbers Bill USA Jul 2016 #16

Many Hispanics are becoming citizens and registering just so they can vote this year against Trump! Her Sister Jul 2016 #31

Didn't Quinnipiac also under-sample women? NewJeffCT Jul 2016 #19

I saw that on PoliticusUSA's website ailsagirl Jul 2016 #23

Quinnipiac is the Polling Whore of the GOP Cryptoad Jul 2016 #24

Are you sure? caquillo Jul 2016 #28

Im never sure of anything rumor control puts out! Cryptoad Jul 2016 #29

If this bias is true, does this mean that Quinnipiac University is racist? Doodley Jul 2016 #26

Yeah 2% here ~ 2 % there kinda racist! Her Sister Jul 2016 #27

Oversampling whites by almost 10% on the basis that there's no black candidate this time... Lord Magus Jul 2016 #34

Great, now we are starting with "unskewed" polls krawhitham Jul 2016 #32