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Related: About this forumPropaganda Sites Are Spreading Deceptive Bernie vs Hillary Poll Results
At some point on Tuesday, word got out via Facebook that Reuters has a new national poll showing Bernie Sanders leading Hillary Clinton nationally by, well, the numbers vary greatly. And why do the numbers vary so much? Because nearly everyone who's posted the poll results so far are being either deliberately misleading or they probably shouldn't be messing around with an interactive polling app.
If you follow this link, you'll see a rather damning poll in which Bernie is leading Hillary, 41.7 percent to 35.5 percent. Yooge! But what you might not notice right away is that the polling sample is 7,203 respondents. The sample size is so unnaturally massive because it's not filtered to account for people who will actually vote in the Democratic primaries and caucuses. Red flag, anyone?
Notice that just below the chart, there's a series of drop-down menus where you can select various demographic filters to narrow the results of the poll. If you choose the standard parameters normally applied in respectable polling results from the "Political" menu, specifically party affiliation and voter registration status, Reuters shows an almost-tied race, with Hillary narrowly leading Bernie.
But here's where the everything falls apart for Bernie supporters. If we choose the most accurate sample from the Political drop-down menu, specifically "likely Democratic primary voters," Hillary leads by seven points. Again, it's less positive news for Bernie and his supporters, but it's still noteworthy that he's closed such a wide gap against Hillary. That said, it's obviously not the runaway shock poll some sites are ballyhooing today.
Interesting article about fake polling sites cropping up and the fake news sites promoting them.
http://thedailybanter.com/2016/02/warning-propaganda-sites/
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Propaganda Sites Are Spreading Deceptive Bernie vs Hillary Poll Results (Original Post)
sufrommich
Feb 2016
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I filtered it for Democrats and Obama voters and she was 10 points ahead of Sanders.
Starry Messenger
Feb 2016
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Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)1. I filtered it for Democrats and Obama voters and she was 10 points ahead of Sanders.
It's a fun toy, but it didn't seem very scientific.
William769
(55,147 posts)2. Kick & recommended.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)3. Yeah unskewed polls
are the sign of a dying/dead campaign.
Ask President Rmoney!
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)4. It's kind of amazing that now they are reading polls.
What happened to the "only polls that matter" are the voting booth?
obamanut2012
(26,111 posts)7. H8er!
ismnotwasm
(41,998 posts)5. Yeah well
Par for the course
GusBob
(7,286 posts)6. And yet this poll and the story are allowed to stand in LBN
bullshit all around
Cha
(297,528 posts)8. Of course they are.. would we expect anymore more?
thank you, Su.
HillDawg
(198 posts)9. Just let it all work out
And soon it will fall on its face