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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: cosmicforce who wrote (66945)	11/17/2002 9:44:51 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 82486

thanks for posting that :-X

To: cosmicforce who wrote (66945)	11/17/2002 10:17:31 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Well, it's interesting, sort of, but sadly is seriously marred by a strong Democratic bias. For example: Where the Democratic result was within the range of the polls, they still claim an edge for the Republicans. HOW ACCURATE? Polls gave Pryor 9,8 and 13 points he got 9 POST POLL SWING: On average towards Republican Party. But where they had to ignore a poll to get the result they wanted, they did. In fact, the result was in the range of the polls, but that doesn't fit their bias, so they toss out the poll they don't like. HOW ACCURATE? Three polls gave Mondale 8,6 and 5 points, one poll have Coleman 6 points, Coleman got 3. POST POLL SWING: (Excepting The Pioneer Press poll) Between 8 and 11 points to towards Republican Party. There have been numerous studies showing that polls are getting less and less reliable. It used to be that 2/3 of those people called for a poll would respond; now it's down to about 1/3. Are those 1/3 really representative of the other 2/3? Even reputable pollsters are worried about it. Plus, of course, polls miss people who aren't home in the evenings when the pollsters call. What sort of people are more likely not to be home in the evening? Those who go to the theater, PTA meetings, cocktail parties, etc. instead of sitting in front of the TV waiting for the phone to ring. I'm not at all surprised that the polls blew the election. I would be more surprised if they hadn't. I was looking for some significant content that might show actual election issues, not just commentary that the pollsters (many of whom are hired by the more liberal media) blew it.