Posted on 09/11/2005 7:51:28 AM PDT by 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)
It is cheaper to poll 'national adults' rather than 'likely voters'.
It is biased to undersample Republicans and oversample Democrats.
This poll is taking freedom of speech into levels of fraud. Your protest is very accurate. 29% polled by Newsweek were Republicans while in fact 37% of voters are Republican. They also polled a slight higher number of Democrats and independents when there are really only 30% and 31%.
A great strategy here would be to write Newsweek's sponsors and threaten to boycott their products if Newsweek does not right this wrong.
The purpose of the FAKE POLL is not to inform the public, but to manipulate the public, pacify their everdwindling liberal audience, and justify their biased news coverage.
It did not work in 2002.
It did not work in 2004.
It will not work in 2006.
And if a lot of these Republicans are "mean" like me, well we tend to hangup the phone when liberal time wasters call us.
It is biased, but not intentionally. This happened during the campaign too. There were some results that oversampled GOP too. It was not just Dems. The problem is the methodology seems to have evolved to be flawed -- Even Though It Hasn't Changed Over The Years.
For some reason random samples grossly oversample one party vs the other at different times. If I had to bet on what's happening now, I would bet that GOP voters have already become bored with Katrina and are not at home watching TV waiting to be polled.
Looks like they undersampled Democrats as well, by that reasoning. But you forgot one thing: The polls sample from registered voters, not from people who actually do vote. I was asking for your evidence that significantly more than 29.7% of registered voters are enrolled as Republicans. Do you have any at all?
It is intentional.
Dick Morris would call the NY Times and ask them to run a poll to help Bill out in 1996.
Newsweek, the AP, Zogby, CBS, NY Times depend on FAKE POLLS to justify their news coverage.
Since Bush is not running for office again, they can do whatever they feel like and their will be no referendum to debunk it.
2004 was a clear case of FAKE POLLS. It was limited by the 'likely voter' sample which liberal news orginations had to follow.
The many who got it wrong in 2004, did so by oversampling Democrats and undersampling Republicans.
It was as intentional then as it is now.
I'm 43, I've been voting since 1980, I have a listed telephone number and I've never been called by a pollster, not once.
You are obtuse to a degree that is unmatched.
Let me educate you.
Liberal polling firms undersample Republicans and bury Democrats in an oversample in the Independent column.
Ask Scott Rasmussen, the polster who got the 2002 election and the 2004 election right, How Bush is doing.
Newsweak is biased. Their poll proves it.
I heard from a little birdie....they keep the polls in the "Blue" states. Interesting isn't it?
Something you have yet to prove from independent data. And no, data from election results don't count, for the reasons I explained.
Obtuse.
Why are you so desperate to grasp falsehoods in the face of reality?
This is why liberals are filled with such rage.
They honestly thought Kerry had a chance in 2004 based on FAKE POLLS.
I never doubted Bush's victory, because I never believed FAKE POLLS.
Math must not be your strong point.
Until you start presenting some "reality", in the form of independent numbers, you're just talking out your blowhole. And acting very strangely while doing it.
I'm going to let you off easy.
You obviously are in way over your head when comes to understanding such basic principles of statistics and polling.
When you educate yourself, you can come back with something.
At this point, you are a very sad individual.
Have you created a spark, too?
LOL! No, please, show me no mercy! Screw me into the ground with your superior knowledge. Make an example out of me. I'm your humble student.
Wow.
700 is very good.
My perfect 800 got me a scholarship to college in the field of mechanical engineering.
But that was years ago.
The scholarship + student loans.
I paid those loans off in less than 2 years.
I am very proud of that.
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