4926 DRAIN THE SWAMP posted 272 days ago by geewiz 272 days ago by geewiz +4927 / -1 153 comments share 153 comments share save hide report block hide child comments Comments (153) sorted by: top new old worst You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread. ▲ 10 ▼ – deleted 10 points 272 days ago +10 / -0 ▲ 7 ▼ – UpTrump 7 points 272 days ago +7 / -0 They claim it's 97% confidence simply based on the sample size but they just conveniently ignore so many other variables, such as location etc permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 2 ▼ – DonJr2024 2 points 272 days ago +2 / -0 Even within the same state you can pick certain area codes and get exactly the poll result you want. permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 6 ▼ – thekindlyman555 6 points 272 days ago +6 / -0 If they can get a representative sample, a poll of a few thousand people would be an accurate predictor of the overall population. But the problem is that they DON'T get representative samples. permalink parent save report block reply
They claim it's 97% confidence simply based on the sample size but they just conveniently ignore so many other variables, such as location etc
Even within the same state you can pick certain area codes and get exactly the poll result you want.
If they can get a representative sample, a poll of a few thousand people would be an accurate predictor of the overall population. But the problem is that they DON'T get representative samples.