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To: Menehune56
unweighted polling data ~ if it was a random sample poll there was no need to weight it.

I'm surprised the pollster admits jiggering the data, but there you have it.

10 posted on 11/02/2012 5:20:38 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: muawiyah
unweighted polling data ~ if it was a random sample poll there was no need to weight it.

It's completely impossible to obtain a truly random sample in a poll and any poll without any weighting (that is, a completely raw data poll) is utterly worthless.

The landline vs. cellphone issue is one prominent reason why all polls have to be weighted, among others.

38 posted on 11/02/2012 6:00:34 PM PDT by Strategerist
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