Re: political polls are strange beasts

2010-10-28 Thread Larry C. Lyons
I would also look at where they polled. I know that part of North Dakota, and depending on what town, and part thereof they polled, its possible that you can get very widely differing results. For instance Grand Forks is fairly liberal near NDSU but very conservative in the rest of the town. Depen

Re: political polls are strange beasts

2010-10-27 Thread Maureen
Any poll can be skewed to produce any results simply by picking both the audience and the wording of the questions. Not a big fan of poll, but when I get curious as to what they are saying I go here: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/polls/ cause they show a wide variety of polls, and also the po

political polls are strange beasts

2010-10-27 Thread Judah McAuley
Polling was released today about the House race in North Dakota. The candidates are Earl Pomeroy (D) and Rick Berg (R). In one poll, by the Prairie Poll, Pomeroy is leading Berg 44-34 In another poll, by Penn Schoen Berland, Pomeroy is up 45-44 In Public Opinion Strategies, *Berg* is up, 51-42 N