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Related: About this forumRand Poll-Obama (D) 51% Romney ($) 44%
https://mmicdata.rand.org/alp/?page=election
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Rand Poll-Obama (D) 51% Romney ($) 44% (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
Oct 2012
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Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)1. wow. Sounds like they are predicting Obama to win, doesn't it?
"If the lines for Obama and Romney lie outside the gray band, then with at least 95-percent confidence we can say that one candidate would win the election if on election day the citizens vote as they now anticipate."
They ARE outside the grey band !
P.S. Very clever use of $ sign in place of R
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)2. It's A Feel Good Poll. Don't Know How Accurate It Is/nt
corkhead
(6,119 posts)3. That's a "virtual tie" unless the numbers were reversed, where it would be a landslide in the making
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)4. See #2
In fairness it's a unique approach whose efficacy will be revealed in eight days.
reflection
(6,286 posts)5. The "intention to vote" has tightened up also... good! n/t
WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)6. this poll of 3500 people polled continually is an interesting experiment. It would knock the...
the polling world on its ass if it turned out to be the most accurate poll of them all. We shall see.