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To: kesg

It is interesting everyone says Bush sucks over the weekend. Well Am I wrong or is this a Saturday, Sunday and Monday Poll? (Also when the poll got tighter, those days would have been Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday polls )Or do they do their polling in the daytime which would make this a Sunday, Monday Tuesday poll? If it is today, I would think male men would be undercounted as well as professional women since they would be at work, either sceanrio bodes well for Bush.

Thoughts


17 posted on 10/19/2004 2:15:31 PM PDT by shoedog
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To: shoedog
It is interesting everyone says Bush sucks over the weekend...thoughts?

I don't buy into the weekend poll theory in the first place, especially for polls that weight by party ID (which includes, I think, the Washington Post poll we are talking about here). Democrats also have errands to run, things to do, places to go, etc.

In any event, when it comes to tracking polls, it is always a good idea to compare a daily result with the same result from a week ago to see if there has been any movement over the course of the week. If a week seems a bit too long, pick at least three days to make sure that none of the samples overlap.

In this case, the sample today shows that Bush gained a net of one point over Kerry over the last three days.

28 posted on 10/19/2004 2:28:14 PM PDT by kesg
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To: shoedog

If "male men" are undercounted, as you surmise, what men are overcounted?


36 posted on 10/19/2004 2:43:29 PM PDT by olrtex
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