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2016 Postmortem

BzaDem

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4. I think tracking polls are included less frequently.

Reply to Doctor Jack (Reply #1)

Sat Jul 16, 2016, 08:57 PM

Jul 2016

If every day of a tracking poll were considered an independent poll, tracking polls would have much greater weight in the average than non-tracking polls.

Also, there may be some data overlap in each release. Many tracking polls drop the least recent day and replace it with a new day, leaving constant the days in the middle. Including such polls would double and triple count the same data. (I don't know whether this applies to the Reuters poll specifically.)

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Reuters poll. [View all] LAS14 Jul 2016 OP

Good polls for Clinton seem to show up very slowing in the sites like RCP Doctor Jack Jul 2016 #1

I think tracking polls are included less frequently. BzaDem Jul 2016 #4

Aha! Thanks. I wasn't aware of the fact that there... LAS14 Jul 2016 #5

No bump for trump coming out of his convention... dubyadiprecession Jul 2016 #2

We'll see. The convention starts Monday yeoman6987 Jul 2016 #3