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MineralMan

(146,309 posts)
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 03:29 PM Dec 2015

CNN/ORC Poll Invalid!

http://www.newsyoushouldntbelieve.com

CNN Polls Orcs, Who Are Not Likely Voters

by
Bilbo Baggins

Supporters of Bernie Sanders are decrying CNN's most recent poll, which apparently measured the voting plans of various Orcs. "Since Orcs rarely vote in U.S. elections, the results from that CNN/ORC poll are not indicative of actual results nor can it accurately predict election results," one staffer from the Sanders campaign said today.

A call from this reporter to CNN headquarters regarding this issue went directly to voice mail and was not returned. "The entire poll raises the question of whether the Orc species is even eligible to vote," the same Sanders staffer said.


Orcs Demonstrating for Right to Vote


What do you think? Should Orcs be able to vote in presidential elections?

5 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
Yes. Orcs should have the right to vote.
3 (60%)
No. Orcs are not humans. They can't vote.
0 (0%)
I've never seen an Orc at my polling place.
0 (0%)
I don't get this.
1 (20%)
Is this supposed to be funny?
0 (0%)
Bwahaha!
1 (20%)
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CNN/ORC Poll Invalid! (Original Post) MineralMan Dec 2015 OP
Free the Orcs! workinclasszero Dec 2015 #1
Damn right! MineralMan Dec 2015 #3
Some of my best friends are Orcs still_one Dec 2015 #2
Well, of course. MineralMan Dec 2015 #5
I have never met an Orc I didn't like... don't get me started still_one Dec 2015 #7
Looks like it's too late for that. MineralMan Dec 2015 #8
Great post, it is sorely.needed still_one Dec 2015 #11
It is Silly Season, is it not? MineralMan Dec 2015 #32
I went to school with an orc workinclasszero Dec 2015 #19
Wow still_one Dec 2015 #22
Cool story, dude! MineralMan Dec 2015 #33
I go to bed with an Orc every night. leftofcool Dec 2015 #4
We're not interested in your sexual preferences, frankly. MineralMan Dec 2015 #6
Hey, i'm interested still_one Dec 2015 #9
And another LMAO leftofcool Dec 2015 #21
LMAO! leftofcool Dec 2015 #20
Obvious Republican Conartists or the D&D LOTR type? Juicy_Bellows Dec 2015 #10
I'm all for Universal Suffrage. MineralMan Dec 2015 #15
Check the woodwork, that's where the come out of. Juicy_Bellows Dec 2015 #18
If we give orcs the vote, what's next? It' a slippery slope to giving Kender a say in our politics! Scootaloo Dec 2015 #12
A good example why voting by mail is advantageous. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2015 #13
Or Internet voting. MineralMan Dec 2015 #16
And, I ain't going to tell them. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2015 #17
Do they have a valid, government issued identification card? Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #14
Well, if you can believe it, Jury results. MeNMyVolt Dec 2015 #23
THIS got alerted? MineralMan Dec 2015 #25
True, but the 3 hide votes are pretty sad. MeNMyVolt Dec 2015 #30
I was Juror #7 thelordofhell Dec 2015 #26
Oops. I replied to the wrong post. MineralMan Dec 2015 #31
I had brunch with Geordie Hormel a few times back in the day thelordofhell Dec 2015 #34
#OrcLivesMatter thelordofhell Dec 2015 #24
This message was self-deleted by its author MineralMan Dec 2015 #28
You're just about ready to play the Catskills retirement circuit. DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2015 #27
Thanks for your comment. MineralMan Dec 2015 #29
Letting orcs vote is a slippery slope towards authoritarianism! JaneyVee Dec 2015 #35
Let me know when CNN/ORC starts polling people under fifty. jkbRN Dec 2015 #36
Thank you for your thoughtful reply. MineralMan Dec 2015 #37
You don't need to, see my response, what that poster wrote earned a "Pants on Fire" rating. nt stevenleser Dec 2015 #39
You made a claim that received a "Pants on fire" rating from Politifact stevenleser Dec 2015 #38

MineralMan

(146,309 posts)
3. Damn right!
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 03:36 PM
Dec 2015

They may be ugly and violent, but they should have the right to vote. Still, it looks like CNN polled a questionable group, perhaps. Not likely voters, I'm guessing.

Juicy_Bellows

(2,427 posts)
10. Obvious Republican Conartists or the D&D LOTR type?
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 03:40 PM
Dec 2015

I'm cool with either one, every voice deserves to be heard.

MineralMan

(146,309 posts)
15. I'm all for Universal Suffrage.
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 03:42 PM
Dec 2015

However, there are no Orcs in my precinct, I'm pretty sure. There's a lot of prejudice against them here.

 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
12. If we give orcs the vote, what's next? It' a slippery slope to giving Kender a say in our politics!
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 03:42 PM
Dec 2015
And you don't want that
 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
14. Do they have a valid, government issued identification card?
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 03:42 PM
Dec 2015

Do they have proof of residence?
Pass a simple intelligence test?

I think not...

Wait... does the R in ORC stand for Republican? That was my assumption.

 

MeNMyVolt

(1,095 posts)
23. Well, if you can believe it, Jury results.
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 03:47 PM
Dec 2015

I was a leave, of course.

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MeNMyVolt

(1,095 posts)
30. True, but the 3 hide votes are pretty sad.
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 03:51 PM
Dec 2015

I think your posts from this site bring some much needed comic relief. Too much fighting here, not enough smiling.

MineralMan

(146,309 posts)
31. Oops. I replied to the wrong post.
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 03:54 PM
Dec 2015

I am in full support of Pythons and Spam, which is manufactured right here in Minnesota.

thelordofhell

(4,569 posts)
34. I had brunch with Geordie Hormel a few times back in the day
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 04:00 PM
Dec 2015

He opened up his Phoenix mansion for tours and brunch from time to time.......delightful fellow. May he rest in peace........

Edit....here is the mansion.....sold a few years after he died...... http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/blog/business/2013/12/see-inside-the-massive.html

thelordofhell

(4,569 posts)
24. #OrcLivesMatter
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 03:48 PM
Dec 2015

By the way......I'm the juror that posted the Monty Python Spam Song in response to this being reported as Spam. #NotJoking



Response to thelordofhell (Reply #24)

 

DisgustipatedinCA

(12,530 posts)
27. You're just about ready to play the Catskills retirement circuit.
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 03:50 PM
Dec 2015

You keep posting things that have the look, but not the feel, of humor. See Oz. I hear he can help.

MineralMan

(146,309 posts)
29. Thanks for your comment.
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 03:51 PM
Dec 2015

I clicked my red shoe heels together long ago, though. The Wizard turned out to be a fraud, anyhow.

jkbRN

(850 posts)
36. Let me know when CNN/ORC starts polling people under fifty.
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 07:00 PM
Dec 2015

To me, your post comes off as insanely childish, especially given the fact that if you know ANYTHING about stats, you would know ALL of their polls have been BLATANTLY skewed and have horrible age demographic samples for a national poll. You can make all of the jokes you want, but you really need to start looking at the facts. I highly doubt that you are 12 years old, so please, do yourself a favor & stop acting like it.

An 8.5 margin of error is INSANE. they should not put out polls that are riddled with such filth.

Do some reading; http://abcnews.go.com/PollingUnit/sampling-error-means/story?id=5984818

 

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)
38. You made a claim that received a "Pants on fire" rating from Politifact
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 10:07 PM
Dec 2015
http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2015/oct/21/viral-image/next-chapter-conspiracy-theiry-graphic-takes-aim-c/

In next chapter of Sanders-Clinton conspiracy theory, graphic takes aim at CNN's polling operation

By Louis Jacobson on Wednesday, October 21st, 2015 at 4:00 p.m
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The reader sent us a post that showed an image of results from a CNN-ORC International poll taken between Oct. 14 and 17. On the image, two columns were circled in red -- two columns of sub-results by age group for a question about how favorably or unfavorably the respondent views Hillary Clinton.


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Bottom line: It’s all a misunderstanding about how CNN reports the results of its surveys. (After we emailed questions to the person who had posted it on their Facebook page, we didn’t receive a response, but the post was pulled down. We saved a screenshot, above.)

The easiest way to debunk the graphic’s assumption is to look a few columns to the right. There, one can find a heading that reads "under 50," with 74 percent of respondents in that age group saying they feel favorably about Clinton, 23 percent saying they feel unfavorably, 3 percent saying they have no opinion and 1 percent saying they’ve never heard of her. (Our real question: Who belongs to the 1 percent who have never heard of Hillary Clinton?)

So this column of poll results clearly shows that people under 50 did tell the survey takers about their opinions about Clinton.
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(more at above link) oh and:

We rate the claim Pants on Fire.



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