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Paul LePage is a nutjob teabagger. Please vote for Dem Michaud here:
http://bangordailynews.com/slideshow/no-big-surprises-maine-gubernatorial-contenders-offer-familiar-refrains-during-first-debate/
PeoViejo
(2,178 posts)lol
lamp_shade
(14,846 posts)Gothmog
(145,646 posts)avebury
(10,952 posts)RBInMaine
(13,570 posts)THANKS JUST 8 MORE
RBInMaine
(13,570 posts)RBInMaine
(13,570 posts)MillennialDem
(2,367 posts)RBInMaine
(13,570 posts)MillennialDem
(2,367 posts)People can often vote multiple times, people from other states can vote, etc
It's not a random sample of the voting populace.
RBInMaine
(13,570 posts)MillennialDem
(2,367 posts)RBInMaine
(13,570 posts)if someone is going to go through all that to vote multiple times they don't have enough to do. I suppose there can be some caveats, but most people are going to vote once.
The point with these isn't a scientific survey. They are indications of interest, engagement, a basic survey of opinion though non-scientific, etc. Everyone knows they are non-scientific.
Don't overthink it. Understand the real purposes. It's not SUPPOSED to be a scientific survey. We all know that. End of issue please. Thanks.
savalez
(3,517 posts)and that may sway a person who is not engaged but still votes.
brooklynite
(94,780 posts)...bet you can't find a single election story anywhere in the country that references a self-selecting newspaper web poll.
savalez
(3,517 posts)I can picture them using it in passing while qualifying that it was an informal survey. Why else would they post it in the first place?
brooklynite
(94,780 posts)RBInMaine
(13,570 posts)RBInMaine
(13,570 posts)RBInMaine
(13,570 posts)Rhiannon12866
(206,247 posts)RBInMaine
(13,570 posts)TeamPooka
(24,262 posts)LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)Michaud by a few tenths of a percent.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)Michaud is up by a few votes.