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Originally Posted by tblake
I would really like to see the actual question they asked, how the people were allowed to respond (was someone's name mentioned first or was the list randomized?), and more details on the poll. This gallop poll is supposedly "scientific" but it looks like a black box to me.
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What did you look at that makes you think of it as a "black box"? Their questions and methodology are pretty public. Gallup, for example, rotates the choices so no candidate has a preferential orderering. They say so right on the results.
Here is the question Gallup asked.
"I'm going to read a list of people who may be running in the Republican primary for president in the next election. After I read all the names, please tell me which of those candidates you would be most likely to support for the Republican nomination for president in the year 2008, or if you would support someone else. . . ."