New ABC/ Wappo Poll. Clinton+8, D+10. More of the same old Bandini.
What concerns me are these reports in every poll that they are “polling,” say, 1000 “adults” of whom 800 are registered voters.
Ok, laying aside for a moment that we know “registered” voters are about 2 points more D than “likely” voters in November . . . .
The polls NEVER tell us WHO they are actually polling. So you have a sample of 1000 and a sub sample of 800-—but that doesn’t mean your poll is from the sub sample, it only means you HAVE a sub sample.
What I’m increasingly thinking-—and again, could be really off here-—is that they are using this clever wording to “salt” or “dilute” (whichever term you want) the sample of registered voters by including adults.
So a sample of 800 “registered voters” may, in fact only be a sample of 600 registered voters combined with 200 adults.
Do you see what I’m saying here or am I just nuts?