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Another Meaningless Poll... Probably Financed By Al Queda

 
 
Reply Sat 5 May, 2007 12:53 pm
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18505030/site/newsweek/
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Sat 5 May, 2007 12:59 pm
That's the kind of poll that should have shown up several years ago.
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sozobe
 
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Reply Sat 5 May, 2007 01:04 pm
Quote:
Obama beats the leading Republicans by larger margins than any other Democrat: besting Giuliani 50 to 43 percent, among registered voters; beating McCain 52 to 39 percent, and defeating Romney 58 percent to 29 percent.


Yeah!!
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Vietnamnurse
 
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Reply Sun 6 May, 2007 07:04 pm
What Sozobe said!
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slkshock7
 
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Reply Sun 6 May, 2007 07:35 pm
Not really a surprise when you poll almost twice as many democrats as republicans....Newsweek really needs to learn what a "representative population" means when doing statistics....
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Joe Nation
 
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Reply Sun 6 May, 2007 07:42 pm
SURVEY METHODOLOGY

Quote:
Results are based on telephone interviews with 1,001 adults, 18 and older, conducted May 2-3, 2007. Results are weighted so that the sample demographics match Census Current Population Survey parameters for gender, age, education, race, region, and population density. The overall margin of sampling error is plus or minus 4 percentage points for results based on 1,001 adults and 831 registered voters. Results based on smaller subgroups are subject to larger margins of sampling error. The margin of error is plus/minus 7 percentage points for results based on 422 registered Democrats and Dem. leaners and plus/minus 8 percentage points for results based on 324 registered Republicans and Rep. leaners. In addition to sampling error, the practical difficulties of conducting surveys can also introduce error or bias to poll results.


News: 422 is almost twice as many as 324.

No! The fifth graders said and they were right.

Plus -does anyone not understand what the meaning of margin of error is?

Joe(it has nothing to do with margarine)Nation
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slkshock7
 
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Reply Sun 6 May, 2007 08:06 pm
Newsweek wrote:


26. Do you consider yourself a Republican, Democrat, or Independent?

Total Registered Voters

22% Republican

35% Democrat

36% Independent

4% No party/Not interested in politics

1% Other party

2% Don't know


22% vice 35%....like I said...almost twice as many democrats...

Their margin of error is twice the normal as well indicating Newsweek recognized the poor sampling. Got no idea how these stats reconcile with the pop figures Newsweek cites (422 Dems to 324 Repubs)...but even a 25% over sampling of dems to repubs should be cause to dismiss the poll.
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slkshock7
 
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Reply Sun 6 May, 2007 08:35 pm
Source

Zogby wrote:
A good national poll in the United States will pose questions to at least 1,000 likely voters and report a margin of sampling error of no more than plus or minus three points.
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au1929
 
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Reply Mon 7 May, 2007 06:37 am
Why would AlQaeda finance it. After all he is their best friend. Look what he has acomplished in advancing their cause>
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Bi-Polar Bear
 
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Reply Mon 7 May, 2007 08:08 am
true that
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