Election over but polls were inaccurate

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Election over but polls were inaccurate

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Interesting that after a election that was widely polled; the media has not picked up on the story of why was there such a wide discrepancy in the actual voting numbers and the polls predicted results. Many races went way beyond the margin of errors stated. You would think the pollsters would be questioned on what happened and how it may portend a trend for future polling or at least what the fix may be.
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Whenever a polling operator called me, I LIED!
It works on exit polls too.
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I think that will be my response from this point forward.
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Nice article, I think the statement
Another, and more worrisome, possibility is that election polling is deeply flawed. It's increasingly difficult to conduct representative polling, let alone predict likely voters. Everyone in the business is aware of how hard it is to acquire a representative sample. So, nearly all polls "weight" their data afterwards to correct for demographic imbalances.
Read more at http://www.wral.com/why-polls-were-wron ... lrvHs6q.99
pretty much says they can't predict the liars like Genlock, good job Genlock looks like a plan I need to use.
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Smells like victory.
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Ha. I never have to answer those damn polls. First or second question is inevitably do you work for any media outlet. Yes, I do. Interview over.
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Big Media wrote:Ha. I never have to answer those damn polls. First or second question is inevitably do you work for any media outlet. Yes, I do. Interview over.
Lie about that too.
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