lol

THANKS JUST 8 MORE

People can often vote multiple times, people from other states can vote, etc

It's not a random sample of the voting populace.

if someone is going to go through all that to vote multiple times they don't have enough to do. I suppose there can be some caveats, but most people are going to vote once.

The point with these isn't a scientific survey. They are indications of interest, engagement, a basic survey of opinion though non-scientific, etc. Everyone knows they are non-scientific.

Don't overthink it. Understand the real purposes. It's not SUPPOSED to be a scientific survey. We all know that. End of issue please. Thanks.

and that may sway a person who is not engaged but still votes.

...bet you can't find a single election story anywhere in the country that references a self-selecting newspaper web poll.

I can picture them using it in passing while qualifying that it was an informal survey. Why else would they post it in the first place?

Michaud by a few tenths of a percent.

Michaud is up by a few votes.