GIVE ME 5 DUers! Campaign Puts Polling Methods Under Microscope!

[MoonRiver]

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=6355301

[Rose Siding]

1. This says Gallup weights depending on answers in the current poll

Is that right? I thought they weighted based on past stats.

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For example, pollsters ask voters a number of screening questions aimed at excluding respondents unlikely to vote. These may include: did they vote in the last election, do they remember who they voted for, do they know where people in their neighborhood go to vote, are they registered with a particular party and if so which?

Some companies simply exclude anyone failing to respond appropriately to one or more of these questions. Others, including Gallup, statistically weight participants in the poll depending on their responses to these questions.

[enough]

2. If you are interested in this

please see robbedvoter's thread at
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x912337

Which leads to a stunning article about the polling bullshit that was purveyed during the election of 2000.

also from that thread:

This is what CNN posted (CNN-USATODAY-GALLUP Poll) on OCTOBER 20, 2000.

[MoonRiver]

3. Thanks!

Excellent links! :kick: