Monday, June 22, 2009
About those polls
There are a lot of issues with polls, especially those conducted by our biased media.
Unfortunately, they also publish their own skewed results as headlines..
Unfortunately, they also publish their own skewed results as headlines..
Karl's post at HotAir.com explains:
"This is a good example of why reading a poll is as much art as science, because the first problem is the percentage who say they voted in the 2008 election. In reality, no more than 62% of eligible voters cast ballots last year. Accordingly, the poll has sampled a lot of adults who were ineligible to vote… or, as often happens, respondents lied about voting. In such cases, the lie tends to skew in favor of the winner.
Does that mean the sample might be more valid than Kesler suggests? Not in this case. In this poll, the sample identified as 27% liberal, 37% moderate, and 29% conservative. In contrast, last week’s Gallup Poll showed Americans identify as 21% liberal, 35% moderate, and 40% conservative."
