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Politics : American Presidential Politics and foreign affairs
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To: jlallen who wrote (30917)12/30/2008 10:19:20 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Read Replies (2) of 71588
 
"All the vets I talk to...."

'Self-selection bias'... (as the pollsters or social scientists would refer to it).

Also might be a bit of a generational thing going on....

Re: "what polls...."

Christian Science Monitor had a good one, I believe. (Sure there must be other ones from the established groups such as Gallup, etc.)

Gotta be a bit more representative then just asking your poker group. :-)
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