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CNN...rigged poll

Posted on 10/08/2008 11:36:54 AM PDT by ssadbarney

Having never posted here before I may be covering old news...but last night I was appalled so much that I came to this site and registered.

On CNN's pre-debate coverage they announced that they had selected 69 voters to respond to the debate. 38 democrats and 31 republicans. After the debate and all day today they have reported that 54% of their selected "debate watchers" would now vote for Obama. Isn't 54% of 69 still 38...the exact number of democrats in their original group.


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KEYWORDS: agitprop; dnctalkingpoints; howtostealanelection; ohthehughvanity; ssadthread; timeliescnn; yellowjournalism; yetanothervanity; zogbyism
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1 posted on 10/08/2008 11:36:55 AM PDT by ssadbarney
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To: ssadbarney

Welcome to FR newbie.


2 posted on 10/08/2008 11:37:54 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (The fire of liberty, freedom and America as founded burn strong in my heart!)
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Welcome to Free Republic!!!!

You know the dims are not bright enough to know that some of us can do math!!!!


3 posted on 10/08/2008 11:38:42 AM PDT by BornToBeAmerican (Sarahcuda = the dems worst nightmare)
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Bingo, and welcome.


4 posted on 10/08/2008 11:38:47 AM PDT by xcamel (Conservatives start smart, and get rich, liberals start rich, and get stupid.)
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To: ssadbarney

Hahahahaha. Stop watching the Communist News Network.
You will be smarter and you will feel better.
Fox and C-Span, baby.


5 posted on 10/08/2008 11:39:24 AM PDT by jessduntno (Good Grief.)
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Don't bring facts into this! CNN hates those!

Welcome!

6 posted on 10/08/2008 11:39:44 AM PDT by thefrankbaum (Ad maiorem Dei gloriam)
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To: ssadbarney
Welcome to Free Republic and thank you for your post.
7 posted on 10/08/2008 11:39:59 AM PDT by Churchillspirit
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Actually, 54% is 37 (rounded to nearest integer), meaning Zero lost one Democrat.

This is what the liberal establishment are doing with all polls, way oversampling Dems, knowing that no one but math geeks actually look at poll internals.


8 posted on 10/08/2008 11:40:04 AM PDT by Thane_Banquo ("They aren't people! They're the ACLU!" - General Patton in An American Carol)
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Say it ain’t so. Golly. Hmm. CNN. Yup.. Maybe they have an agenda.. Trial lawyers perhaps?


9 posted on 10/08/2008 11:40:18 AM PDT by Broker (VOTE McCain/Palin! !)
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To: ssadbarney

You have now left the Matrix.


10 posted on 10/08/2008 11:40:41 AM PDT by Stentor (Obama is Bill Ayers' Renfield.)
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LOL, well, ACTUALLY, 54% of 69 is 37.26, or closer to 37.

So you might say, the Dems LOST a vote.

11 posted on 10/08/2008 11:40:43 AM PDT by cdbull23 (What's going on in my brain? Check it out: www.cainsbrain.com)
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Welcome to Free Republic.


12 posted on 10/08/2008 11:41:01 AM PDT by Artemis Webb (Please pray daily for OUR Sarah.)
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Very Astute, You Pass! Welcome Noob.
13 posted on 10/08/2008 11:41:03 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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Yeh, kind of like the way they had all “undecideds” at the debate last night. Riiiiiiiight!!!

Welcome to Free Republic.


14 posted on 10/08/2008 11:43:20 AM PDT by Lucky9teen (Do as I say, not as I panic.)
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“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics” -Mark Twain

And all three are abundantly evident in this election!


15 posted on 10/08/2008 11:43:32 AM PDT by JennysCool (Death to all vanities and searing pain to those who post them. - Petronski (McCain-Palin '08))
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Isn't 54% of 69 still 38?

Well.... if you want to get technical about it.... (and, of course, who doesn't?)...54% of 69 is 37.26 people.

So, if 37 people voted for O'bama that would be 37/69 = 53.62%, which would round up to 54%.

But that means that one of the Dems is not voting party line.

16 posted on 10/08/2008 11:43:34 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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Any “poll” on ABCNNBCBS is suspect...................


17 posted on 10/08/2008 11:44:19 AM PDT by Red Badger (My wallet is made out of depleted you-owe-mium........)
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“There are lies, and there are damned lies and then there is statistics.”
18 posted on 10/08/2008 11:45:09 AM PDT by fella (.He that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough." Pv.28:19')
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Time to place an order for your CNN imprinted toilet paper. It just feels better than normal paper and puts a smile on your face.


19 posted on 10/08/2008 11:45:39 AM PDT by listenhillary (Should we turn Alaska or Texas into our Galt's Gulch?)
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To: ssadbarney

I know the researchers who gathered these groups.

They are both adamant democrats.

It is quite discouraging to me to see how extensively the deception is in this campaign to create a hermetically sealed impression that a strong majority prefer Obama.

this has never been the case but liberal partisans are working to demoralize the conservative and independent bases of this country. I fear this big psychology experiment may be working.


20 posted on 10/08/2008 11:45:49 AM PDT by lonestar67 (Its time to withdraw from the War on Bush-- your side is hopelessly lost in a quagmire.)
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