they are not counting the new registered voters . that is what will
tell the true story !
On Sep 16, 4:18 pm, PoliticalAmazon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> (BEGIN QUOTE)
> ...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
> QUOTE)
>
> 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- Hide quoted text -
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