Nader Wins the Debate

[kelley]

At 01:35 PM 10/5/00 -0400, Doug Henwood wrote:
>Marco Anglesio wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Nathan Newman wrote:
>>
>>>  According to the Zogby-Reuters poll, the candidate apparently 
>>> receiving the
>>>  biggest boost from the debate was Nader, who registered 7% in the most
>>
>>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?

actually, nathan the former soc student knows all this.... go figure...

kelley