Quiz: What's missing from CNNs explaination of "How to read poll results"

[zaj]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/27/polls.explainer/index.html

[ibegurpard]

1. What's missing?

the on-air CNN "reporters" following their own guidelines.

[On the Road]

2. Geez, What a Condescending, Mickey-Mouse Article

Unfortunately, that seems to be the level of political discourse on TV news these days.

[pk_du]

3. How about...

...sample characteristics ( why more Repugs than Dems ?..still havent heard a good explanation of that one)

...swing states are all that matter anyway...who cares if Texas is 110% Repugnican.

..."undecideds" traditionaly split 75-25 for the challenger


..and thats just for starters.

[zaj]

5. Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner! (How to weight party affiliation)

No mention of how to interpret the results by applying a weighting to the predicted Rep/Dem turnout!

That's their justification for breaking with standard practice of estimating the Dem/Republican party affiliation.

Anyone reading a Gallup poll should know how to make their own adjustment since CNN refuses to use a more accurate weighting.

[wtmusic]

4. Is how far Blitzer's head is up Ed Gillespie's ass a reliable indicator?

n/t

[pk_du]

6. Only of....

a) how big an Ass Ed Gillespie is (has)
b) what a pin-head old "Sheep" Blitzer is.