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To: LS
We know that polls that include Friday and/or Saturday are biased toward the Left/Democrat, so your prediction was spot on.

The question is, why is this so??

Is it that Republicans/Conservatives have a life, and are out having fun on Friday and Saturday, and Democrats have nothing to do?

Or is the TYPE of people who are home on Friday Evening and Saturday?

What are your thoughts?
59 posted on 02/25/2004 2:39:41 PM PST by fqued (GW - Go West, young man)
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To: fqued
Several people on this thread have offered ideas, but they don't seem reasonable to me---that Republicans, because they are "family men" and "family women" would be AWAY from home more on weekends? Possibly if they are with children at soccer, hockey, etc. But, why wouldn't the single liberals be "out on the prowl," at yoga or fitness classes, sit-ins, or singles bars in the evenings?

Indeed, it would seem to me that WEEKDAY polls would be disproportionately skewed toward Republicans, as even the hard-working people want to get home by 6:30 to see the family, while the Dems, who are more single and female, should be working (voluntarily) longer hours or out on the singles scene. I don't know. Like I said, I spent some time researching polls for my last book, and even the author of "Mobocracy," a book about polls, doesn't venture a guess.

I'd like Zogby's reaction to this.

69 posted on 02/25/2004 4:39:36 PM PST by LS (CNN is the Amtrack of news.)
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