I already posted the polling accuracy results from the last national polls before the 2004 elections. Every single national poll was within the margin of error except Newsweek which underestimated Kerry’s numbers by 4 percentage points.
http://www.pollingreport.com/2004.htm#Pollster
If polls were so inaccurate, politicians wouldn’t spend big money on their own pollsters.
If polls were so inaccurate, politicians wouldn’t spend big money on their own pollsters
YOU JUST MADE THE CASE AGAINST YOUR OWN ARGUMENT!
Yes politicians spend big money on polls,but they dont use Newsweek/media polls, and they dont publish the findings.
You’re having a very hard time with this concept.
http://www.cnn.com Go down 3/4 and look for the poll they are conducing today.
“Do you think race should play any role in school admission decisions?”
http://www.foxnews.com Go down 3/4 of the way on the right side they are conducting a poll as well.
“What would be the best health care system for Americans?”
Stupid polls, with stupid questions, intended to involve you. It’s entertainment, not news, not science, not any true opinion poll that means anything to anyone except those pressing the submit button. But you might say, “Well the real guys out there are different!” Even that’s not totally true. They’re “buyable” for the most part. Zogby was hired to conduct a poll of servicemen and this poll was blatantly bias and intended to be such! Why, because the people paying Zogby to conduct this poll in Iraq were looking for certain answers. Who packages up and puts the results on the web, TV, radio or in print? For example: Recently a “reputed” polling agency polled Muslims in the US. Some news outlets screamed bloody murder because 27% of Muslims living in the US agree with suicide bombers. Other news outlets downplayed this and argued that nearly 3/4rs of the Muslims reject this behavior and hence are peaceful bla bla bla. Same data, 180 degree different interpretation, all just depending on whether it was a more liberal or conservative paper bringing the story.
I can give you literally dozens of examples. Polls are useful and they do tell us a lot if they are professionally conducted and statistically correct and interpreted in a way that is honest. What you get in the MSM is garbage, 99% of it. It’s part of the “entertainment experience”.
There is a long proud tradition of denying polls that tell Freepers what they don’t want to hear. It’s called Freeper Poll Denial Syndrome, and while some thought it was cured after the 2006 election, it is still an epidemic on this forum.