Posted On: 10/11/2016 8:34:45 PM
Post# of 65629
Here's another example of a misleading headline via the Guardian:
Who won last night's debate? 68% say Trump, but here's why it's garbage
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/...-us-voters
The bit goes on about online polls...and centers around the Drudge Report. I really can not argue the fact that online polls are typically going to get favorable results for one candidate or the other given the fact that any given website will have a certain political fan base.
But this is how they back up their pitch with another poll. One that is much more..as they say..."more robust methodology"
..so how is that a better poll given the fact that out of the 537 polled....only 27% identified as Republican(155 vs...382) They did not state how many were Democrats...or how many were Independents....or does that even matter? And trust me.it doesn't matter because the current rise in Independent voters has come more from the Democratic side more so than the republican side.
Refer to Gallup... http://www.gallup.com/poll/188096/democratic-...-lows.aspx
So...they actually printed that as being a more robust methodology...how?
even ore pathetic...they actually backed up their headline of "garbage"...with "more garbage".
Who won last night's debate? 68% say Trump, but here's why it's garbage
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/...-us-voters
The bit goes on about online polls...and centers around the Drudge Report. I really can not argue the fact that online polls are typically going to get favorable results for one candidate or the other given the fact that any given website will have a certain political fan base.
But this is how they back up their pitch with another poll. One that is much more..as they say..."more robust methodology"
Quote:
There are more useful numbers available. CNN, together with the market research company ORC , conducted a poll with a more robust methodology, although they only managed to speak to 537 registered voters in total (only 27% of whom identified as Republican).
I n the CNN/ORC poll, which was conducted after the debate ended, 57% of respondents said Clinton won the night, compared to 34% who said Trump did . Surprisingly, those numbers are slightly less positive for Clinton than when CNN/ORC asked the same question after the first presidential debate (and before it was revealed that Trump had bragged about grabbing “pussy”). On 26 September, 62% of respondents said Clinton won the presidential debate, while 27% said the same about Trump.
..so how is that a better poll given the fact that out of the 537 polled....only 27% identified as Republican(155 vs...382) They did not state how many were Democrats...or how many were Independents....or does that even matter? And trust me.it doesn't matter because the current rise in Independent voters has come more from the Democratic side more so than the republican side.
Refer to Gallup... http://www.gallup.com/poll/188096/democratic-...-lows.aspx
So...they actually printed that as being a more robust methodology...how?
even ore pathetic...they actually backed up their headline of "garbage"...with "more garbage".
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