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<blockquote data-quote="TerryMiller" data-source="post: 1897517" data-attributes="member: 7900"><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Polls......pffft!!!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Two points to make here:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">1. The <strong><u>ONLY</u></strong> poll that matters is the one taken on Election Day when the voters actually vote.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">2. See the quote in my signature.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The reason I don't "trust" polls is that most of the time, we have no idea who answered the questions. While the PPP poll did query "likely voters" in Ohio, the pollsters didn't divulge how many of those polled were Democrats, Republicans or Independents/third party.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Why this matters to me is that a lot of polls are taken with a higher percentage of Democrats within the poll. By comparison, if one looks at the Battleground poll (done by a Democrat and a Republican), one of their questions is similar to PPP's poll in that they ask if one considers themselves "Liberal," "Somewhat liberal," "Moderate," "Somewhat conservative," or "Conservative." In Battleground's polls for the last 20 years, the categories of "Conservative" and "Somewhat conservative" makes up about 60% of the respondents. Thus, the U.S. is "generally" center right in political philosophy. (I think PPP's poll also showed more conservatives than liberals.)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">So, if the nation is more "center-right," why is it that the pollsters tend to poll more Democrats than Republicans?</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryMiller, post: 1897517, member: 7900"] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3]Polls......pffft!!! Two points to make here: 1. The [B][U]ONLY[/U][/B] poll that matters is the one taken on Election Day when the voters actually vote. 2. See the quote in my signature. The reason I don't "trust" polls is that most of the time, we have no idea who answered the questions. While the PPP poll did query "likely voters" in Ohio, the pollsters didn't divulge how many of those polled were Democrats, Republicans or Independents/third party. Why this matters to me is that a lot of polls are taken with a higher percentage of Democrats within the poll. By comparison, if one looks at the Battleground poll (done by a Democrat and a Republican), one of their questions is similar to PPP's poll in that they ask if one considers themselves "Liberal," "Somewhat liberal," "Moderate," "Somewhat conservative," or "Conservative." In Battleground's polls for the last 20 years, the categories of "Conservative" and "Somewhat conservative" makes up about 60% of the respondents. Thus, the U.S. is "generally" center right in political philosophy. (I think PPP's poll also showed more conservatives than liberals.) So, if the nation is more "center-right," why is it that the pollsters tend to poll more Democrats than Republicans?[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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