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2016 Postmortem

virtualobserver

(8,760 posts) Wed Aug 12, 2015, 11:43 AM Aug 2015

Guess who's behind the poll that shows Bernie in the lead?

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Guess who's behind the poll that shows Bernie in the lead? (Original Post) virtualobserver Aug 2015 OP

Ha! Ya got me! kath Aug 2015 #1

Hee artislife Aug 2015 #2

That poll has O'Malley at 0. Sounds highly skeptical. SonderWoman Aug 2015 #3

You'll have to talk to Beelzebub about the methodology, I'm just a minion virtualobserver Aug 2015 #4

kath

(10,565 posts)

1. Ha! Ya got me!

Reply to virtualobserver (Original post)

Wed Aug 12, 2015, 11:51 AM

Aug 2015

artislife

(9,497 posts)

2. Hee

Reply to virtualobserver (Original post)

Wed Aug 12, 2015, 12:30 PM

Aug 2015

I love your humor

Count me as a fan.

SonderWoman

(1,169 posts)

3. That poll has O'Malley at 0. Sounds highly skeptical.

Reply to virtualobserver (Original post)

Wed Aug 12, 2015, 12:32 PM

Aug 2015

Not to mention they were rated C- in accuracy.

virtualobserver

(8,760 posts)

4. You'll have to talk to Beelzebub about the methodology, I'm just a minion

Reply to SonderWoman (Reply #3)

Wed Aug 12, 2015, 12:48 PM

Aug 2015

but seriously, all polling is suspect....I only use them for trends

Polling only works if the assumptions behind the poll are accurate.

That can change from year to year.

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