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Polls Are Meaningless

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Without the metrics used, polls continue to be embarassingly slanted toward the politic preference of the pollster. From previous calling experience 60% of those polled are not home, or refuse to answer their phones, but he bigger question that arises: why would you waste time conducting a poll among likely democrats or republicans? It tells you nothing! Go to amazon and enter Suzie Chatters to learn more about this native American's attempt to get people thinking!http://www.debatepolitics.com/images/smilies/New_Smilies/2wave.gif
 

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Without the metrics used, polls continue to be embarassingly slanted toward the politic preference of the pollster. From previous calling experience 60% of those polled are not home, or refuse to answer their phones, but he bigger question that arises: why would you waste time conducting a poll among likely democrats or republicans? It tells you nothing! Go to amazon and enter Suzie Chatters to learn more about this native American's attempt to get people thinking!http://www.debatepolitics.com/images/smilies/New_Smilies/2wave.gif

Actually, though much of what you say is true, the conclusions are not quite right. One can structure and carry out poles such that their results are helpful in understanding the groups being researched.
 

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