http://paxety.com/2008/01/09/it-didnt-take-long/ Showing totalitarians the respect they deserve Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:48:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://paxety.com/2008/01/09/it-didnt-take-long/comment-page-1/#comment-33 William Hallowell Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:40:13 +0000 http://paxety.com/2008/01/09/it-didnt-take-long/#comment-33 Interesting take on the issue... As you know, after Sen. Clinton’s unforeseen NH victory, many people are questioning the pollsters. There is so much to consider when exploring what goes into political polling. Predicting elections is one of the most difficult challenges in survey work. Generally speaking, election surveys actually do work fairly well (it's worth remembering that the polling on the Republican side in New Hampshire was pretty accurate). For all their flaws, surveys are still one of the best available tools for figuring out what the public wants. Check out our Public Agenda blog at http://publicagenda.org/headlines/headlines_blog.cfm for more on this! Interesting take on the issue… As you know, after Sen. Clinton’s unforeseen NH victory, many people are questioning the pollsters. There is so much to consider when exploring what goes into political polling. Predicting elections is one of the most difficult challenges in survey work. Generally speaking, election surveys actually do work fairly well (it’s worth remembering that the polling on the Republican side in New Hampshire was pretty accurate). For all their flaws, surveys are still one of the best available tools for figuring out what the public wants. Check out our Public Agenda blog at http://publicagenda.org/headlines/headlines_blog.cfm for more on this!

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