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mariners_fever · 11-23-2012, 01:09 PM

What everyone here forgets, or may not even know, the primary purpose of most polls they answer has nothing to do with wanting to know percentages. It's to ID voters.

Sample sizes and MOEs don't matter when you've id'ed 500 more votes.

11-23-2012, 01:09 PM	#373
mariners_fever Crash and Bang Winger Join Date: Apr 2008 Exp:	What everyone here forgets, or may not even know, the primary purpose of most polls they answer has nothing to do with wanting to know percentages. It's to ID voters. Sample sizes and MOEs don't matter when you've id'ed 500 more votes.