Election over but polls were inaccurate
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Election over but polls were inaccurate
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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Re: Election over but polls were inaccurate
Whenever a polling operator called me, I LIED!
It works on exit polls too.
It works on exit polls too.
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Re: Election over but polls were inaccurate
I think that will be my response from this point forward.
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Re: Election over but polls were inaccurate
Nice article, I think the statement
pretty much says they can't predict the liars like Genlock, good job Genlock looks like a plan I need to use.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
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Smells like victory.
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Re: Election over but polls were inaccurate
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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Lie about that too.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.
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