[Jaded]

I quit listening to polls a few years ago. There was a poll that showed 80% of Roman Catholics supported abortion and birth control. In the very last paragraph, if you weren’t to sickened by the article to finish, it stated that 225 adults were surveyed. That’s a cross section of what?

[CincyRichieRich]

In the very last paragraph, if you weren’t to sickened by the article to finish, it stated that 225 adults were surveyed. That’s a cross section of what?

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Yup, I have a BS in Statistics and spent a lot of time with poll validity and reliability studies; polls suck. Unfortunately, even here on FREEP, where the most intelligent folks hang out - and I say that will all sincerity - folks fall for duping, depression and give-in-disease.