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To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (25307)	8/28/2012 3:02:03 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

No, the point is we were only talking about who scientists would vote for not all independents. By random I mean you can use non scientists. If I went to a Catholic church and asked how many Catholics lean Democratic, then I would get that demographic. Same thing. Which is what we were talking about. <<Koan, the point is that it is not a representative sample. If they stayed within the boundaries of AAAS there is no way that they can claim that it was a random poll. Membership to AAAS is a self selecting sample and it would definitely select for liberal views. I won't call it dishonest. Just a bit sloppy as far as polling goes (and perhaps a bit lazy). If you go to a catholic church and do a poll on abortion, do you think that you would get a representative cross section of the population?