[new cruelty]

If "almost a 1/4 of Conservatives polled, would vote for a damned Dem, that means that out of 789 people, ONLY 100 WERE CONSERVATIVES

I'm lost. : )

[freakboy]

I think nopardons is assuming that half of the 800 polled were conservatives. This is nowhere to be found in the article.

[nopardons]

It's simple math. If 24% is almost a 1/4 of the Conservative count, as is said in the article, then the number of Conservatives polled is about 100.