bsphil wrote:
Almalieque wrote:
Nilatai wrote:
You're assuming that just because people all vote for the same political party they agree with everything that party does. Thus skewing opinion polls.
I'm going to say that's not the case. I voted Liberal Democrat in the last election here, and while I'm disappointed with their performance as part of the coalition government I still think their party is the best choice. However, I know many people who, in light of the same information I am privy to, are wary of voting for them again. Either way, we're still supporters of that party(as far as voting goes, as of the last election), and our opinions of them still differ.
I'm going to say that's not the case. I voted Liberal Democrat in the last election here, and while I'm disappointed with their performance as part of the coalition government I still think their party is the best choice. However, I know many people who, in light of the same information I am privy to, are wary of voting for them again. Either way, we're still supporters of that party(as far as voting goes, as of the last election), and our opinions of them still differ.
I wasn't making that assumption, I just figured that was common sense. That fact doesn't change my point. Creating a subset that replicates the total population isn't "skewing". Doing the exact opposite is "skewing", because your sample doesn't represent the population.
If you think otherwise, please explain your definition of "skewing". It doesn't matter if there exist women who agree that first dates should be financially split, if the women aren't given a fair chance to explain their opinion, then it isn't a realistic sample, hence making it worthless.
Hell, if you're going to do that, you might as well run two polls and filter the results to ONLY Republicans in one and ONLY Democrats in the other. Then just multiply the results by your perceived percentage of the public that you think Republicans and Democrats should be. If you think it's 75% republican and 25% democrat, then weight the republican votes by .75 and the democrat votes by .25. I mean shit if you're just going to make the poll up to suit your own ideology...
Do you really not understand this? I DON'T care how Republicans/Democrats vote, they just have to be fairly represented. You are creating this false assumption that no one is making. If your sample does not accurately represent your population, then how can you get accurate results?
Why weigh it when you can just have a more balanced poll? All you have to do is just keep asking more people, if you want to remain random. It doesn't have to be exactly 50/50.
You have no argument, you're just grasping for straws.. I wish I could find that video where it was explained. I'll google it again.
Nobody /whoosh's quite like Alma.