Early this morning I brought you some of the meaninglessness that is the polls of who is going to take the Democratic nomination, have a bit more
Rasmussen, April 20, Clinton 49% Obama 44%.
PPP Poll, April 19-20, Obama 49% Clinton 46%.
Quinnipac, April 18-20, Clinton 51% Obama 44%.
SurveyUSA, April 18-20, Clinton 50% Obama 44%.
Okay so the fun news is that PPP or Public Policy Polling, asked many more people than most of the others.
Most of the polls out there find 700 or so “likely Democratic voters” to talk too, Quinnipac took it up a step grabbing just over a thousand people to talk too.
Yet that pales in comparison to the over 2300 “likely Democratic primary voters” snagged by PPP, or the tiny 2% margin of error.
It’s a sample, so larger is going to be more accurate, but you must balance it because while asking EVERY single person would be more accurate it’s also not reasonable (that and it’s called voting, we do that, but it’s official).
When you go clicking around on polls look for the sample size, the dates, and the margin of error. These things will help guide you in your search for numbers that don’t really mean anything but make us feel like we know the future.
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[…] SeattlePoliticore wrote an interesting post today on Here Come the Polls!Here’s a quick excerptEarly this morning I brought you some of the meaninglessness that is the polls of who is going to take the Democratic nomination, have a bit more…Most of the polls out there find 700 or so “likely Democratic voters”…Yet that pales in comparison to the over 2300 “likely Democratic primary voters”… […]
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