UserRemoved1
11-02-2008, 11:37 AM
Let's see if this is correct. They say they've accurately predicted every outcome.
View Full Version : 48 hours UserRemoved1 11-02-2008, 11:37 AM Let's see if this is correct. They say they've accurately predicted every outcome. likwid 11-02-2008, 11:39 AM Who is "they"? Aliens? The french? Nebe 11-02-2008, 11:43 AM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF5Kdm4Eu6w UserRemoved1 11-02-2008, 11:44 AM It says Suffolk University Political Research center in Boston Ted striperman36 11-02-2008, 12:07 PM Any you believe them? likwid 11-02-2008, 12:18 PM fivethirtyeight so far says they're idiots. UserRemoved1 11-02-2008, 12:25 PM No reason not to, not sure why they'd lie about that? Any you believe them? likwid 11-02-2008, 12:28 PM They're most likely analyzing it the same way zogby does. (comparing against 04 which is completely retarded.) likwid 11-02-2008, 09:45 PM from FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.COM: Trick or Treat Do you spook easily? Judging by the response in my inbox, some of you do. Matt Drudge is touting the results of a one-day sample in a Zogby poll, which apparently showed John McCain ahead by 1 point. There are a couple of significant problems with this. Firstly, there is a reason that pollsters include multiple days of interviewing in their tracking polls; a one-day sample is extremely volatile, and have very high margins for error. Secondly, the Zogby polls have been particularly volatile, because he uses nonsensical party ID weightings, which mean that his weighting process involves making numbers doing naughty things that they usually don't like to do. Thirdly, Zogby polls are generally a lagging rather than a leading indicator. This is because he splits his interviewing period over two days; most of the interviews that were conducted in this sample took place on Thursday night, with a few this afternoon. The reason this is significant is because lots of other pollsters were in the field on Thursday night, and most of them evidently showed good numbers for Obama, as he improved his standing in 6 of the 7 non-Zogby trackers. Finally, there was no favorable news for McCain to drive these numbers. Polls don't move without a reason (or at least they don't move much). So go out to your Halloween parties and enjoy yourself, and we'll be back to covering the polls for you tomorrow. vBulletin® v3.8.7, Copyright ©2000-2025, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
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