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To: MNJohnnie
HOW can polls that shows anything from Romney =2 ahead to Romney down 10 all be accurate?

And I keep telling you to simply take the RCP Average of polls and you'll have a very good idea of where the race stands. Right now it is Obama+4. That is a small but significant lead and it has been expanding, not shrinking.

79 posted on 09/27/2012 6:29:56 PM PDT by Longbow1969
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To: Longbow1969; MNJohnnie

I’m no expert on polls.

But I remember way back in my statistics courses one of the first things we learned was that you can never take two polls, or more, and average them.

Different questions are asked, different samples involved, completely different issues and responses are involved, often on different days.

I don’t think some of the polls look good for Romney either. But Real Clear Politics is just another nearly flashy media creation that blurs rather than clarifies.


86 posted on 09/27/2012 6:44:13 PM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: Longbow1969
Right now it is Obama+4. That is a small but significant lead and it has been expanding, not shrinking


91 posted on 09/27/2012 7:00:06 PM PDT by Perdogg
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