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To: nhwingut; tatown

I’ve been under the impression that most of the legit pollsters simply report whatever the party representation of the sample happened to be.


27 posted on 10/28/2012 8:39:33 PM PDT by Utmost Certainty (Our Enemy, the State)
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To: Utmost Certainty

Some do, some don’t.

It depends on the sample size. Gallup does a massive sample (2500 plus) so they will get a good read of the electorate and will not weigh.

But smaller samples have to be weighted or else they would be useless.


33 posted on 10/28/2012 8:47:22 PM PDT by nhwingut (If you are concerned, you are not paying attention (or you are a troll). It will be a landslide.)
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