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Old 10-06-2004, 03:55 PM   #21
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Running with this theme, I am going to go out on a limb and predict that the polls which we are seeing are going to be grossly off when all is said and done.

The polling groups haven't accounted/planned for the margain of error that we are probably going to be looking at. Also the pollsters for the major players rarely take samples from the areas where we are seeing a large mobilization (how many CNN trucks do you see in south Brooklyn?) of voters. The polls are taken from an average of the five main electorates using a multistage cluster sampling approach which unfairly misrepresents large sects of the population.

I am sure I don't need to point out the effects this can have on voter apathy, and turnout.

You can also see why politicians demonize peforming artists and other celebrities when they get politically active - they fear the unknown and uncertainty.

You heard it here first folks, the polls will be off...BIG TIME




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