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Old 10-06-2009, 03:38 PM  
dyna mo
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Originally Posted by theking View Post
Studies of scientific polls show that a small sample are usually pretty accurate...and that is why polling companies exist. If they were not pretty accurate...polling companies would cease to exist as no one would want to use their services.

Just as studies show that when one writes their congressman expressing their opinion it is viewed by the congressman as more than one persons opinion but is viewed as x hundred or even x thousands of like thinking people. That is why people should take the time to express their opinions to their congressman...instead of thinking their opinions will not make an impression upon their congressman.
i understand that. and i am more than open to being wrong, but there's a lot to get right in a poll to get accurate overall conclusions. how questions are worded, how the random sampling is culled, etc. combined with how misleading both the bloomberg article is written and the original poll article linked, i am skeptical.
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