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Old 02-10-2015, 12:12 PM
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merely proves their sample was too small or in the wrong neighborhood or _ ?_.
We all know by now that polls and surveys are designed to acheive a pre-designated outcome.
This was a Rasmussen poll, the polling team of choice for pro-GOP findings, the pollster who convinced Rove to storm off the set when Ohio was called for Obama. If any skewing is going to be done by Rasmussen it will be to the detriment of Obama. Frankly I have my own doubts about whether those polled even are conversant in this little tempest and most likely it really boiled down to do I say I agree with Obama or disagree on general issues. But a result you find doesn't agree with your opinion is not wrong because of being too small as no polling company with any reputation would not know how to do proper statistics. There are issues with how to select your sample, and that has traditionally been Rasmussen's problem. In the past (I don't know about this poll and if they have fixed their problem) they have not used anything but land lines which means their sample heavily skewed away from younger more technology dependent people or the other way, toward older people.