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To: Chet 99

“This thread is perfect evidence of why... because they are held accountable for only one poll - the last one.”

You are cherrypicking though. I don’t pay attention to one poll. I pay attention to the average. The industry average stayed pretty constant. There was no gigantic move at the last second.

Look at the RCP averages. No big swing period.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/us/general_election_mccain_vs_obama-225.html


18 posted on 11/05/2008 10:29:50 PM PST by DemonDeac
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To: DemonDeac

I pay attention to polls, not averages.

A better method than averaging may be a median so outliers on both ends get tossed.

I hope no one listens to Zogby/Newsweek/CBS again after this election.


19 posted on 11/05/2008 10:33:42 PM PST by Chet 99
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To: DemonDeac
and what's your point? see a bad poll and put up a white flag?


20 posted on 11/05/2008 10:35:20 PM PST by Chet 99
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