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...CNN's latest poll of polls consists of three recent surveys:
Newsweek (September 10-11), Gallup (September 12-14), and Diageo/
Hotline (September 12-14). It does not have a sampling error.(END OF
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This poll is worthless. There is no consistency between three
different polls.
The only way you can average things and have the outcome be meaningful
is if what constitutes the "something" is consistent. For instance,
if I told you that I averaged three numbers and the result was "5," it
would be meaningless unless all three numbers were in in the same base
numbering system. If one number ("11") was in base-10, one ("11") was
in base-2 and one ("11") was in base-5, the result average would be
6.6667. However, if you assumed that they were all in base 10, you
would expect the average to be 11.
Same with polls. One of the polls wasn't even done on the same days
as the other two. One didn't have a margin of error. There is no
information regarding whether the three polls averaged all used
"registered voters" or "likely to vote" voters (they give different
results). There is no indication that the polls were conducted in the
same way, asked the same exact questions worded the same way, used
the same methods to contact voters, voters were contacted at the same
time of day, etc. In all likelihood, they were not conducted in the
same way,
CNN should be sued for fraud. They imply these averaged polls mean
something when they do not.
This poll, and all others like them, are worthless.
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On Sep 16, 3:35 am, "mike532 [ vote for America , vote against
McCain ! ]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> CNN POLL OF POLLS: McCain's convention bounce gone
>
> http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/15/cnn-poll-of-polls-mcc...
> McCain is dead even with Obama in CNN's poll of polls.
> (CNN) – The bounce John McCain received in national opinion polls
> following his party's convention and the selection of Sarah Palin to
> the GOP presidential ticket appears to have evaporated, a new CNN poll
> of polls suggests.
>
> In the latest CNN survey of several recent national polls, Obama and
> McCain are locked in a dead heat at 45 percent each with 10 percent
> who remain undecided with 50 days remaining until Election Day.
>
> “When we average the latest national polls, it is increasingly clear
> that neither candidate has any serious momentum at the moment,” said
> CNN Senior Political Researcher Alan Silverleib. “The convention
> bounces have faded and left us with a dead heat. Even though we are
> now in the final stretch of this historic marathon campaign for the
> presidency, the White House is still genuinely up for grabs.”
>
> CNN's latest poll of polls consists of three recent surveys: Newsweek
> (September 10-11), Gallup (September 12-14), and Diageo/Hotline
> (September 12-14). It does not have a sampling error.
>
> Filed under: Barack Obama • John McCain
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