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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Yes, Bernie Won Every Poll On the Internet. Hillary Still Won the Debate. [View all]wyldwolf
(43,865 posts)9. But much less so than Internet polls
Voters have to meet certain criteria - age, location, citizenship and in many cases party affiliation. And, of course, a voter gets one vote.
Internet poll takers can be any age, in any part of the world, of any political persuasion or party. All they need is a computer. And they can vote more than once. Additionally you don't even have to be human to vote in Internet polls. Bots can be written to vote in Internet polls. Someone on DU got banned once for doing that very thing.
Comparing Internet polls to scientific polls and elections isn't very logical.
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Yes, Bernie Won Every Poll On the Internet. Hillary Still Won the Debate. [View all]
wyldwolf
Oct 2015
OP
There's no way of establishing whether self-selection obscures the real picture.
sibelian
Oct 2015
#13
You are a neutral observer? Get real, you are aggressively pro Clinton and long
TheKentuckian
Oct 2015
#21
That's tantamount to arguing that unless we can predict the exact temperature in 2050,
DanTex
Oct 2015
#10
Nobody uses surveys to determine who runs the country. They have actual elections for that.
DanTex
Oct 2015
#15