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Related: About this forumI don't understand all these polls.
I can't rap my head around these polls being all over the place.
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I don't understand all these polls. (Original Post)
madaboutharry
Oct 2016
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Cosmocat
(14,558 posts)1. Yeah
I agree, the variance is pretty astounding, particularly the national polls.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)2. nothing to bother with at this time as the real poll is on Nov 8th
all polls have various degrees of errors....and if you look at the specifics of the demographics of the poll you can see how errors are made with sample sizes and interpolations with statistics.... The important thing is trend lines of specific polls to themselves....NOT to other polls. Its all about the mATH
Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)3. Have you tried averaging them?
TheCowsCameHome
(40,167 posts)4. Agree. What is going on?
They are all over the lot.
qdouble
(891 posts)5. Polls are random samples of the electorate and different polls have different models.
Them having different numbers is not just normal, but to be expected, especially with the frequency and variety of polls that we have. Polling averages are the most useful, don't get caught up in any one poll.
global1
(25,221 posts)6. Rigged.....nt
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)7. Same here.
My brain feels like a ping pong paddle.
book_worm
(15,951 posts)8. She's ahead in all of them