Posted on 02/02/2016 5:00:40 PM PST by ObamahatesPACoal
2016 candidate Rand Paul explains why he thinks the polls are wrong on FNC's 'The Kelly File' and MSNBC's 'Morning Joe.' JOE SCARBOROUGH, MSNBC: Senator, if there is a surprise tonight as far as somebody doing much better, I think it's you. I think -- You've talked about it, your supporters don't seem to be as represented in the polls as others. SEN. RAND PAUL (R-KY), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: One of the interesting thing is when you look at the polls, sometimes there is nobody under 30 in the poll, often there are very few people under 40 in the poll, but typically in the caucus about a third of the voters in the caucus are under 40 and yet they are not showing up in any of the polls.
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I’m doing my part to make polls inaccurate. When polled I answer every other question with a lie.
I had occasion to sit next to some political consultants at a bar recently. We struck up a conversation. I told them my strategy, and they realized that if even one or two folks use this approach out of a typical statistical pool, it amplifies the error greatly - and this can’t be discovered until the poll is shown to be wrong.
Just doing my part.
I don’t speak to them at all.
The days of the vote tallies is not far behind but, I lie to pollsters when I answer their calls.
Hmmm... time to start throwing those b****rds off...
Good point.
“I don’t speak to them at all.”
I used to be that way, but they kept calling. So, fair is fair - I figured out, statistically, how to screw up their polls - in hopes that if they are wrong enough, long enough they’ll go away.
You may as well have some fun with them, once you’ve answered the phone.
Rnd Paul did win the Iowa caucus in a parallel universe (the one where the Dave Clark Five were the ‘60s top supergroup).
That’s awesome. Well played.
You are far from the only one to do that.
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