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Doctor Jack

(3,072 posts)
1. Good polls for Clinton seem to show up very slowing in the sites like RCP
Sat Jul 16, 2016, 08:19 PM
Jul 2016

Also on Huffington Post tracking and 538. They want a horse race and they will drag their feet on presenting evidence that it isn't

BzaDem

(11,142 posts)
4. I think tracking polls are included less frequently.
Sat Jul 16, 2016, 08:57 PM
Jul 2016

If every day of a tracking poll were considered an independent poll, tracking polls would have much greater weight in the average than non-tracking polls.

Also, there may be some data overlap in each release. Many tracking polls drop the least recent day and replace it with a new day, leaving constant the days in the middle. Including such polls would double and triple count the same data. (I don't know whether this applies to the Reuters poll specifically.)

LAS14

(13,783 posts)
5. Aha! Thanks. I wasn't aware of the fact that there...
Sat Jul 16, 2016, 11:21 PM
Jul 2016

... are different kinds of polls. I can see why RCP wouldn't include a poll that has rolling results. Assuming I'm understanding "tracking" correctly.

dubyadiprecession

(5,711 posts)
2. No bump for trump coming out of his convention...
Sat Jul 16, 2016, 08:26 PM
Jul 2016

I say, "his convention" because the republican party (for the most part) is estranged from him.

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