On Mon, 18 Jun 2001 15:09:09 -0400, Kelley Walker
<kwalker2 at mail.gte.net> wrote:
>
>>> MORE http://www.evote.com
>>
>> these kinds of polls are notoriously unreliable. you can read into them
>> whatever you want. most people aren't even thinking about 2004, and
>> while the poll respondent can weigh gore against a mythical or favored
>> democratic candidate, primary voters can't...
>
> actually, if i'm not mistaken, these kinds of polls aren't any less
> reliable than most opinion polls.
i was talking about presidential preference polls taken so early in the electoral cycle!
> apparently, even though people thought
> there would be all kinds of problems with online polling, they don't turn
> out to be any more unreliable than typical polls. i think doug posted on
> this a couple of years ago--some insight from the subscription only list
> for pollsters that he's on.
>
> i haven't heard from michael hoover lately, but he used to provide solid
> critiques of the downsides of polling data that would put yours to shame ac.
i'd be willing to proffer my ancient critique here, if the ocassion arises...
> speaking of which, someone needs to phone me so i can collect some data of
> my own!!!! pffffffffffffftttt!
> kelley
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