[lbo-talk] Ruy Teixeira on why most of the polls are crap

Charles Brown cbrown at michiganlegal.org
Fri Sep 24 08:08:17 PDT 2004


Election polls do have a pretty rigorous real-world test - the comparison of final results with actual votes (assuming those are counted more or less correctly). We'll soon see if this year's are any worse than earlier ones, and how the various houses stack up.

Doug

^^^^^ CB: Any studies on how preelection polls might influence final election day voting , through encouraging or discouraging turnouts of one side or the other ? A quantum mechanics effect or whatever.



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