Latest Rasmussen Poll - Obama trails Romney or Santorum

[d-ray657]

Originally Posted by djv8ga

I wasn't ripping you. The polls are up & down like the stock market. I'm pretty sure the lead will change several times before election day.
These polsters have become very good at their craft.
Having said that, I'm all polled out.

It might be a craft; it might be art, but it sure as hell ain't science.

Regards,

D-Ray

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by djv8ga

I wasn't ripping you. The polls are up & down like the stock market. I'm pretty sure the lead will change several times before election day.
These polsters have become very good at their craft.
Having said that, I'm all polled out.

Originally Posted by d-ray657

It might be a craft; it might be art, but it sure as hell ain't science.

Regards,

D-Ray

I believe I started a thread a few years back expounding on my distaste for polls. I still hate them.

Have you ever noticed that no one you know is even discussing a topic until after a poll is released telling them what their opinion is?

"This here poll says 91% of Americans think it's okay to put out a hair fire with gasoline. Well, if THAT many Americans believe it, it must be true....I'll have to remember that, just in case ma hair lights up.........."

Dave

[djv8ga]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

Have you ever noticed that no one you know is even discussing a topic until after a poll is released telling them what their opinion is?



Dave

Yeah...your right.
I'm sick of my opinion...LOL.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by djv8ga

Yeah...your right.
I'm sick of my opinion...LOL.

Bam!! I gotta go BBQ some ribs..ROTFLOL

[djv8ga]

Originally Posted by bobabode

I gotta go BBQ some ribs..

...You eat animals?

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by d-ray657

It might be a craft; it might be art, but it sure as hell ain't science.

Regards,

D-Ray

It is a crafty art, tell me what results you want and I will write the questions to guarantee those results.

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by merrylander

It is a crafty art, tell me what results you want and I will write the questions to guarantee those results.

You're spot on, Rob.

Dave

[piece-itpete]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

...
"This here poll says 91% of Americans think it's okay to put out a hair fire with gasoline. ...

ROTFLMAO!!

Pete

[bhunter]

Originally Posted by merrylander

It is a crafty art, tell me what results you want and I will write the questions to guarantee those results.

True, but it is also in the interest of the pollster to be as accurate as possible. One can check accuracy, at least in some polls, by checking the correlation between the poll and the actual result of the event presumed to be measured by the poll. AFAIK, the poll questions and methodology are available for perusal. There is enough randomness between pollsters to account for different results without the attribution of misleading intent.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by bhunter

True, but it is also in the interest of the pollster to be as accurate as possible. One can check accuracy, at least in some polls, by checking the correlation between the poll and the actual result of the event presumed to be measured by the poll. AFAIK, the poll questions and methodology are available for perusal. There is enough randomness between pollsters to account for different results without the attribution of misleading intent.

The question is do the poll results affect the eventual outcome?