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Eleanor32 Wrote: Oct 01, 2012 11:17 AM
My friend seems to be one of those who was an Obama fan and now has said that she isn't going to vote. I hope she sticks with that decision.
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Undoctrinator Wrote: Oct 01, 2012 1:25 PM
And I hope she lives in a swing state!
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Anonymous11565 Wrote: Oct 01, 2012 5:03 PM
As an ex-democrat, I hope she continues to vote often.
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As a recovering pollster (I worked for Democratic pollster Peter Hart from 1974 to 1981), let me weigh in on the controversy over whether the polls are accurate. Many conservatives are claiming that multiple polls have overly Democratic samples, and some charge that media pollsters are trying to discourage Republican voters.
First, some points about the limits of polls. Random sample polling is an imprecise instrument. There's an error margin of 3 or 4 percent, and polling theory tells us that one out of 20 polls is wrong, with results outside the margin of error. Sometimes it's easy to spot such an...
The Particulars of Polls