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To: Kuksool
Survey USA's ratings are to be taken with a grain of salt.

In the 2004 election, one of the phones at GOP headquarters in Lansing was called. I was right there when it happened. We had fun with that one.

17 posted on 05/10/2005 8:01:03 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan ("My guvnor don't got the answer")
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To: Dan from Michigan

If there is anything I learned on FR is that polls are only useful for measuring current trends. With straight ticket voting at an all time high today, past elections results are the best predictors.


26 posted on 05/10/2005 8:10:48 PM PDT by Kuksool
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To: Dan from Michigan

Haven't you ever heard of "Random Digit Dial"?

SurveyUSA's polls use RDD sampling. Business numbers are excluded, but campaign headquarters are usually so recently established that their numbers aren't in the business phone book yet and they therefore have a nonzero probability of being called.

Most major pollsters use RDD because voters with unlisted numbers can still be reached.


64 posted on 05/10/2005 10:12:20 PM PDT by VeritatisSplendor
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