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Originally Posted by TheMercenary
False. Most of these polls are determined on the opinions of 1000 people give or take. Now given that at any given time the recent population of the United States is 305 million, what you are saying is that you believe that 0.0000327% speaks for the other 99+% of the total US. That would be false.
Was it a telephone poll? Who did they call? Who took the time to answer the questions? What is the demographics? How do you extrapolate that to 305 million people? You can't. Anyone who studies statistics knows that the poll is the weakest form of statistical measure. Straw Poll = Straw Man.
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Straw polls, like what you may find on many websites, are not scientific polls like those used by polling organizations.
In a straw poll, anyone can participate.
The credible polling organizations use representative samples to predict the larger universe of voters with a relatively small error of margin.
They are widely accepted in politics, economics, sociology, statistics, and any field of research.
Objective observers know the difference.