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On Polls - Good Bad and Ugly From A Campaign Warrior - Part 1, What Real Pollsters Do
Self | 10/25/12 | Self

Posted on 10/25/2012 6:47:37 PM PDT by GOPFlack

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To: GOPFlack

Please add me as well, thank you


21 posted on 10/25/2012 7:20:57 PM PDT by Enigo54 (Hank Reardon was right)
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To: GOPFlack

Very very interesting. {lease ping me for part 2 thxs


22 posted on 10/25/2012 7:25:41 PM PDT by bubman
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Ping me for Part II, great stuff!


23 posted on 10/25/2012 7:27:22 PM PDT by bcatwilly (West Virginia is Romney/Ryan Country!)
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To: GOPFlack

Excellent analysis. I would really like to see part 2 when it becomes available.


24 posted on 10/25/2012 7:29:53 PM PDT by Bridesheadfan
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To: GOPFlack

Sorry, haven’t posted in a long time, meant to reply for ping from GOPFlack :)


25 posted on 10/25/2012 7:31:01 PM PDT by bcatwilly (West Virginia is Romney/Ryan Country!)
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To: GOPFlack
Fascinating.

Please ping me for part ll. Thanks

26 posted on 10/25/2012 7:31:29 PM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: GOPFlack

I would love to hear Part II.


27 posted on 10/25/2012 7:33:20 PM PDT by MWestMom ("And those that cried appease, appease were hung by those they tried to please" - Horace Mann)
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To: GOPFlack

Thank you for this information. It is very interesting.

Looking forward to part II


28 posted on 10/25/2012 7:33:50 PM PDT by BlessingsofLiberty (Remember Brian Terry...)
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To: GOPFlack

It’s so good to see this information. Really tells us what is going on. Would love to see part II:)


29 posted on 10/25/2012 7:41:10 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: GOPFlack

Thanks for this. Please ping me when you do part 2 etc.


30 posted on 10/25/2012 7:54:17 PM PDT by Thane_Banquo (Support hate crime laws: Because some victims are more equal than others.)
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To: GOPFlack

Add me to your ping list - and Thanks!


31 posted on 10/25/2012 8:02:25 PM PDT by Ron C.
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To: GOPFlack

Very interesting! Thanks. Looking forward to the next section.


32 posted on 10/25/2012 8:03:56 PM PDT by America_Right (I am no longer the 53%. Unemployment sucks! Time to write a book...)
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To: GOPFlack

If you have a ping list please add me for Part 2

Thanks, Irish


33 posted on 10/25/2012 8:09:35 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: GOPFlack

But who even answers these calls?


34 posted on 10/25/2012 8:11:16 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Encourage all of your Democrat friends to get out and vote on November 7th, the stakes are high.)
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To: HereInTheHeartland

Good question. I will do my best to answer how, as Iowahawk always calls “9% response rate” at the end when I discuss modern polling problems.


35 posted on 10/25/2012 8:21:24 PM PDT by GOPFlack
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To: GOPFlack

Please ping me too regarding Part II.

BTW, I have often suspected many of the things that you said, namely that internal, private campaign pollsters would have to be looking for the actual truth and therefore would be going about things entirely differently than the publicly published pollsters, who for the most part look to me like they are paid to try to influence an election rather than actually predict it. Basically, it seems to me that the private polls are analogous to astronomy and the public polls are analogous to astrology: the former is an a scientific attempt at explaining the universe and the latter is for consumption of the weak-minded, or in the best case, for entertainment purposes only.


36 posted on 10/25/2012 8:36:15 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: GOPFlack

Great work and thank you! Can’t wait for Part 2!


37 posted on 10/25/2012 8:41:54 PM PDT by Tuxedo (Nate Silver is Obama's Love Monkey)
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To: HereInTheHeartland

I do now, at least sometimes. I always lie.


38 posted on 10/25/2012 8:46:18 PM PDT by wrencher
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To: catnipman

I love the info about Wednesday night polls. So logical. Please ping me for Part 2


39 posted on 10/25/2012 8:55:40 PM PDT by Adventure gal
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To: GOPFlack

Ping Please.

The more we know, the more effective we can be.

Educating this forum is an investment in the future. Thanks.

What is your estimate of the election result? I am guessing Romney @ 53%.

Obama Must Be Defeated!


40 posted on 10/25/2012 9:10:04 PM PDT by BeauBo
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