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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wouldn’t a smart pollster be able to approximate the effect and allow for it in his sample size?

The top pollsters, like say Rasmussen or Gallop, would probably be the best at dealing with it.


21 posted on 09/01/2012 4:21:35 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing
Wouldn’t a smart pollster be able to approximate the effect and allow for it in his sample size? The top pollsters, like say Rasmussen or Gallop, would probably be the best at dealing with it.

It's much harder than you would guess.

37 posted on 09/01/2012 5:43:20 PM PDT by Pollster1 (Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. - Ronald Reagan)
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