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To: OddLane

Arguments based on polling data are inherently weak. Without knowing who was polled, what the questions were, and how the raw data was analyzed, the polling he cites doesn’t really establish anything.


17 posted on 12/30/2018 8:47:40 PM PST by freeandfreezing
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To: freeandfreezing
The poll conducted here was done by HarrisX. Their polling about the Supreme Court back when the Kavanaugh hearings started said this:
The survey, conducted last week by Hill.TV and the HarrisX polling company, found that 24 percent of Americans said the high court was too conservative, while 19 percent said it was too liberal. Thirty percent of respondents said the Supreme Court is “just about right,” with 27 percent saying they were unsure. […]

The American Barometer survey was conducted Aug. 31 through Sept. 1 among 1,000 registered voters. The sampling margin of error is plus or minus 3.1 percentage points. …
So much for their credibility.
28 posted on 12/30/2018 9:00:18 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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