2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton is doing VERY WELL in Arkansas! [View all]HappyPlace
(568 posts)Regular phone polls are quite skewed toward the respondents' characteristics, despite efforts to adjust to these factors.
Phone polls are often done from lists of registered voters, and respondents tend to use land lines, don't screen calls, are willing to participate.
This online poll, with an N on the HRC v BS question nearly 1,000,000, samples politically engaged users of the internet.
I don't know how the respondents find the survey, but that would be interesting.
It never really asked me who I would vote for, it told me whom was most aligned with my views based on my answers. Bernie was first, Hillary was second, I don't remember the rest.
Thus, it asks what you think about a number of topics and then picks the candidate for you.
This reminds me of the Belief-O-Matic website survey that tells you how closely you align to different world religions. I'm a Theravada Buddhist by nature.
You should take the survey and see if you're closer to Senator Clinton or Senator Sanders.