The Young Turks did a really dumb segment suggesting that CNN had maliciously skewed a poll to downplay Bernie and boost Biden. This led to Nate Silver rightfully skewering them. As a past target of Nate’s sassy trolling, it pains me to say this, but I stand with Nate
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CNN "weights" younger voters in the sample because they don't answer the phone at the same rates as older voters. It doesn't mean the poll is being maliciously skewed to harm Bernie. This whole "unskew the polls" business has always been ridiculous.
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Regardless of the reason CNN or others undersample younger voters—they don’t answer the phone or they simply don’t attempt to have an equal distribution—is irrelevant. If you’re using the poll to give the most accurate, contextual representation of the electorate...especially of
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And the recent Monmouth NH poll—67% of those polled were over 50 and...shocker, Biden up big. That is not standard polling—it’s skewing
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Thanks for clearing up the facts for Tracey, Jordan. He has real problems with facts for some reason-lefties aren't supposed to have problems with facts. It's strange.
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