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To: 1-Eagle

The nationwide polls take polling data from individual counties in swing states and probable red/blue states and extrapolate those results to give an accurate forecast of who will win what electoral votes.

They don’t just call 10k people randomly around the country and ask “Who are you voting for?” Then say the country is voting this way or that way. That’s not how polling works.


4 posted on 10/18/2016 8:32:57 PM PDT by FreedomStar3028 (Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
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To: FreedomStar3028
Yes we know about the "weighting" and other techniques. Zogby first used "weighting" in 1996 election and was one of the 2 polls that were even close. ALL of the other polls were so far off that they exceeded their "margin of error" by as much as 10%!! So much for "margin of error"

Look, you can call x number of people in a county and so on and so forth. It means nothing, except that the results can be used as voter suppression and that is damaging to our Republic. We have to go vote no matter what on election day, do not allow ANYTHING to suppress your enthusiasm your donations your volunteerism because quitters never win and these polls are nothing but get rich quick schemes for the pollsters.

6 posted on 10/18/2016 8:39:23 PM PDT by 1-Eagle (B.Franklin: "A Republic...if you can keep it." Let us all resolve to be Keepers!)
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To: FreedomStar3028

They make up numbers and sometimes don’t call anyone. That’s how crooked polling works.


18 posted on 10/18/2016 9:04:42 PM PDT by bigbob (The Hillary indictment will have to come from us.)
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To: FreedomStar3028

Apparently Vigo County, Indiana has never voted wrong. I would like to see where their numbers are.


34 posted on 10/18/2016 10:35:47 PM PDT by MHT (,`)
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