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Originally Posted by crockett
You can easily get the poll results yo want by who you choose to poll. So you want it to say that more Americans support it.. Then you do most of your polling in "heart land" bible thumping areas. The typical right wing base supporters, that think they have to support what the govt says or they aren't true Americans.
If you want a poll that shows most Americans don't support it.. Well then you poll in mostly city areas where the bigger populations are more liberal minded.
In short anyone who believes a poll is a idiot.
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"Zogby International conducted a telephone survey of [likely voters].
The target sample is [1028] interviews with approximately [59] questions asked. Samples are randomly drawn from telephone cd?s of national listed sample. Zogby International surveys employ sampling strategies in which selection probabilities are proportional to population size within area codes and exchanges. Up to six calls are made to reach a sampled phone number. Cooperation rates are calculated using one of AAPOR?s approved methodologies[1] and are comparable to other professional public-opinion surveys conducted using similar sampling strategies.[2] Weighting by [region, party, age, race, religion, gender] is used to adjust for non-response. The margin of error is +/- 3.2 percentage points. Margins of error are higher in sub-groups.
Zogby International?s sampling and weighting procedures also have been validated through its political polling: more than 95% of the firm?s polls have come within 1% of actual election-day outcomes."