Nader Wins the Debate

[Brad DeLong]

>On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Doug Henwood wrote:
>>  Marco Anglesio wrote:
>>  >I wouldn't give too much credence to an individual poll. Zogby-Reuters Oct
>>  >2-4 has Nader at 7%, while Gallup Oct 1-3 has Nader at 2%. A candidate
>>  >scoring low is apt to appear to fluctuate more strongly, but that's merely
>>  >because they're scoring low in the first place and therefore any gain or
>>  >loss in a poll is a massive gain or loss.
>>
>>  The variations may also have to do with how they weight "likely
>>  voters." What if a lot of Nader supporters are young and/or former
>  > nonvoters?

Which is why I hate them! I loathe them! They provide *no* 
*information* about what they think a likely voter is!

Brad DeLong