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To: pb929

So in other words you change the actual poll results to create a new one that says what you would like it to say, rather than what it really said.


7 posted on 08/28/2016 8:38:56 AM PDT by babble-on
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To: babble-on
So in other words you change the actual poll results to create a new one that says what you would like it to say, rather than what it really said.

No, he's aggregating the polls like 538 would. Only thing mathematically he may want to do is account for survey size to reweigh, if possible, because some polls are on a 5-day track and others are on a 7-day track.

15 posted on 08/28/2016 9:00:09 AM PDT by NYRepublican72 (Radical Islamic terrorist Omar Mateen is "Ready for Hillary!" Are you too?)
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To: babble-on
So in other words you change the actual poll results to create a new one that says what you would like it to say, rather than what it really said.

Like "seasonal adjustments" for jobs statistics.
19 posted on 08/28/2016 9:19:03 AM PDT by Colinsky
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To: babble-on

“So in other words you change the actual poll results to create a new one that says what you would like it to say, rather than what it really said.”

I’m not exactly sure what you mean. All I’ve done is to put the 4 national daily tracking polls into a single graph and add an average of the 4.

Oh, and pointed out that these 4 polls show a clear trend in Trump’s favor since August 14th and they show a tied race today.

If you want special sauce go check out 538 or one of the other lib sites.


22 posted on 08/28/2016 9:25:20 AM PDT by pb929
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