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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-31-08 02:58 PM Original message |
Hey Political Science geeks & majors: I have a question about surveys |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-31-08 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. Actually, a much broader demographic now has cellulars and no land lines. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-31-08 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. Against Obama... |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-31-08 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yes it skews the polls against Obama and yes Gallup/Zogby/Rassmussen count on it |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-31-08 03:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. The "wrong track" question can be deceptive |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-31-08 06:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I will go with the millions new uninsured and underemployed 'wrong track' myself |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-31-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. "Likely voters" has traditionally been the most accurate population to use for surveys... |
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eshfemme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-31-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. The only problem with that is filtering for likely voters |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-31-08 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
8. If the poll is done correctly, the bias can be mitigated with weights |
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