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September 19th, 2018 at 10:37:43 AM permalink | |
Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 | Well, you could try looking up the reasons that Rasmussen has been labeled as "skews conservative" from some website that isn't Rasmussen. Landlines "favor" conservatives because proportionally more conservatives have landlines vs the proportion of conservatives in the general population. I don't know what effect the online polling has on their bias, but the large more diverse chunk of the population they are missing are cellphone-only. An online poll is not a drop-in substitute. Regardless of the reason, history has shown that Rasmussen leans, skews, or is biased towards the right/conservatives/republicans. "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
September 19th, 2018 at 10:46:41 AM permalink | |
JimRockford Member since: Sep 18, 2015 Threads: 2 Posts: 971 | Cathay is a great airline but they need autocorrect in their paint shop. The mind hungers for that on which it feeds. |
September 19th, 2018 at 11:13:23 AM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 |
Historically the answer is the same reason they claim bias at FNC. If a site or poll is not skewed liberal it is somehow biased.
I would need both a cite and reason to believe this. Also a cite that other pollsters are not also calling landlines.
I guess if accuracy = "bias." The President is a fink. |
September 19th, 2018 at 11:19:42 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
You have to go with track record. If a poll has a history of getting it right, why would you not believe them now. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
September 19th, 2018 at 1:36:46 PM permalink | |
Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 | You are comparing apples and oranges. "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
September 19th, 2018 at 1:40:34 PM permalink | |
Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 | To educate yourself about poll methodologies of various agencies, go to their website and maybe click on something like "about" Reuters, for example, does no phone polling. "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
September 19th, 2018 at 1:44:17 PM permalink | |
Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 | Here is research backing the landline conservative bias, from 2010 http://www.pewresearch.org/2010/05/20/assessing-the-cell-phone-challenge/ "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
September 19th, 2018 at 1:56:33 PM permalink | |
ams288 Member since: Apr 21, 2016 Threads: 29 Posts: 12422 |
2010? Fake news! Everyone knows hipster libs have all ditched their cell phones and gone back to landlines since then! “A straight man will not go for kids.” - AZDuffman |
September 19th, 2018 at 3:18:04 PM permalink | |
Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 |
Yeah well, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink. "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
September 19th, 2018 at 3:45:40 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18633 | I've argued with petro that our government operates nothing like Putin's, executing cititzens as enemies of the state, but yes if you did need a workable conspiracy theory, sure you could use our system as it is to compromise someone if you really wanted to. like this could be a setup for instance. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/controversial-austin-texas-man-behind-3-d-printed-guns-charged-with-child-sex-assault/ar-BBNyA75?ocid=spartanntp You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |