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Re: Polls don't matter.
Perhaps the most startling aspect of this campaign's political ''reporting'' is that Hillary's assessment and promotion of herself as the best nominee is passed along without serious comment. Silence of this kind has a the tacit affect of rendering polls, and Hillary's interpretation of them, as a valid approach to democratic elections. If ...
Posted to Deathwatch by robinstamm on May 30, 2008
Dem Popular Vote: Wow . . . it's real close!
7,374,222 7,374,222 So, I was complaining about the lack of data on total vote counts from yesterday's primaries. Using CNN's up to date numbers, I did it myself. Note that not all precincts are in, but generally states have reported 90+ percent (most in the high 90s). So, as of now, where we are in Feb. 5 caucus goer and voter ...
Posted to Trailhead by northlander on February 6, 2008
bad polls
Sen. Hillary Clinton won big in the southern part of New Hampshire, where I live. That's where she beat Sen. Barak Obama. It's recently become a very urban and suburban part of the state. Part of the issue may be that pollsters are using census data from 2000 to weight results. This could skew results toward Sen. Obama. Why? Because Obama did ...
Posted to Trailhead by jodyreese on January 9, 2008