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2016 Postmortem

Chichiri

(4,667 posts) Thu Mar 31, 2016, 09:46 PM Mar 2016

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The last 8 national polls, in chronological order:

CBS: Clinton 50, Sanders 45 (Clinton +5).

Morning Consult: Clinton 50, Sanders 39 (Clinton +11).

Fox News: Clinton 55, Sanders 42 (Clinton +13).

SurveyMonkey: Clinton 49, Sanders 43 (Clinton +6).

Selzer & Co: Clinton 48, Sanders 49 (Sanders +1).

Pew Research: Clinton 49, Sanders 43 (Clinton +6).

PPP: Clinton 54, Sanders 36 (Clinton +18).

YouGov: Clinton 53, Sanders 40 (Clinton +13).

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The last 8 national polls, in chronological order: (Original Post) Chichiri Mar 2016 OP

And? hrmbaja Mar 2016 #1

Today was a bad day for Camp Weathervane... GeorgiaPeanuts Mar 2016 #2

... SidDithers Mar 2016 #7

You really can't make meaningful comparisons across polling agencies jeff47 Mar 2016 #3

It's very interesting seeing the differences. I don't know the pollsters but it's interesting seeing uppityperson Mar 2016 #4

. Motown_Johnny Mar 2016 #5

^ Newkularblue Mar 2016 #6

hrmbaja

(59 posts)

1. And?

Reply to Chichiri (Original post)

Thu Mar 31, 2016, 09:47 PM

Mar 2016

GeorgiaPeanuts

(2,353 posts)

2. Today was a bad day for Camp Weathervane...

Reply to hrmbaja (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 31, 2016, 09:47 PM

Mar 2016

They need all the encouragement they can get, they can have this one

SidDithers

(44,228 posts)

7. ...

Reply to hrmbaja (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 31, 2016, 10:39 PM

Mar 2016

Sid

jeff47

(26,549 posts)

3. You really can't make meaningful comparisons across polling agencies

Reply to Chichiri (Original post)

Thu Mar 31, 2016, 09:48 PM

Mar 2016

They have different methodologies, assumptions and voter models. You'd have to stay within one agency to try and get any sort of meaningful trend.

uppityperson

(115,678 posts)

4. It's very interesting seeing the differences. I don't know the pollsters but it's interesting seeing

Reply to Chichiri (Original post)

Thu Mar 31, 2016, 10:10 PM

Mar 2016

the differences.

Motown_Johnny

(22,308 posts)

5. .

Reply to Chichiri (Original post)

Thu Mar 31, 2016, 10:12 PM

Mar 2016

Newkularblue

(130 posts)

6. ^

Reply to Motown_Johnny (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 31, 2016, 10:14 PM

Mar 2016

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