Newsweek Poll - Only 29% of the polling sample are Republicans. (MEDIA BIAS ALERT)

PR Newswire ^ | September 10, 2005

[new yorker 77]

Final Topline Results (9/10/05)

N = 1,009 national adults, 18 and over

Margin of error: plus or minus 4

Interviewing dates: September 8-9, 2005

SAMPLE SIZE/MARGIN OF ERROR FOR REGISTERED VOTERS/

SUBGROUPS:

901 Registered voters (plus or minus 4)

SAMPLE SIZE/MARGIN OF ERROR FOR KEY SUBGROUPS:

300 Republicans (plus or minus 7)

334 Democrats (plus or minus 6)

331 Independents (plus or minus 6)

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793 Whites (plus or minus 4)

195 Non-whites (plus or minus 8)

[Alter Kaker]

The 10% figure came from a professor in a research class who had gone through the process of defending a dissertation.

Was his dissertation on a 10% requirement for polling populations? Because I've also gone through the process of defending a dissertation, however it had nothing to do with opinion polling.

It's an established benchmark.

Established? By whom? All you have is one professor who told you something once, simply on his authority. You're lucky you didn't have any Marxist professors, or you'd probably be on the barricades singing The Internationale.

[SALChamps03]

OK. Let's agree to disagree. I feel that the larger the polling sample, the more accurate the poll. My common sense leads me to believe that. You disagree. No sweat.