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LiberalVoice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 02:37 AM
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Is there such thing as a LEGITIMATE POLL?
Edited on Tue Sep-28-04 02:58 AM by LiberalVoice
I see everyone flipping out over polls and poll numbers...Does anyone know of an accurate poll that can be checked out?

If so, spread the fucking word cuz everyones driving me nuts!

Edit: If no such poll exists...Then start ignoring anyone who posts otherwise.

:D :hi:
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loveable liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 02:45 AM
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1. ive got a legitimate pole......oh....oops...my bad....
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gospelized Donating Member (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 02:46 AM
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2. the closest in the 2000 election
was zogby. but really, polls are just too flawed to be accurate. you can't predict the opinions of 150 million people by sampling 600 republicans and 300 democrats.
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blackcat77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 02:51 AM
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3. Use them for TRENDS, not raw numbers.
It's about the closest you'll get to useful.
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jdj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 03:07 AM
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4. I just read that they are manipulating them right now by
sampling greater numbers of republicans than are actually predicted to vote in Nov.

So that is how they are manufacturing the bounce.

And this article said Zogby was closest to accurate on the sample groups, at least at the moment.
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