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In reply to the discussion: Gravis Marketing Exposed II. The Evisceration of Douglas Kaplan [View all]InsultComicDog
(1,209 posts)60. Hopefully Gravis will get similar treatment
Certain types of polls are not assigned a weight at all, but are instead dropped from consideration entirely, and not used in FiveThirtyEights forecasts nor listed in its polling database. from the firms Strategic Vision and Research 2000, which have been accused with compelling statistical evidence in each case of having fabricated some or all of their polling, are excluded. So are interactive (Internet) polls conducted by the firm Zogby, which are associated with by far the worst pollster rating, and which probably should not be considered scientific polls, as their sample consists of volunteers who sign up to take their polls, rather than a randomly-derived sample. (Traditional telephone polls conducted by Zogby are included in the averages, as are Internet polls from firms other than Zogby.)
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DeVry was like the Roach Motel. Kaplan "entered" DeVry, but never checked out. nt
progressivebydesign
Oct 2012
#19
K&R. It's perfect. Pisses me off that the MSM used THAT poll to change the narrative of the race!
progressivebydesign
Oct 2012
#17
Gravis Marketing sounds like part of the plan to steal the election if you ask me. Probably has
silvershadow
Oct 2012
#20
More Info including his youtube account info where he "Likes" an Ayers hit piece form McCain in 2008
clownseven
Oct 2012
#26
Maybe so, but if you weren't shaken to the core by the testimony of "Cindy L of Oregon", then . . .
Major Hogwash
Oct 2012
#29
alerting. We don't want private medical information here, even if it is already on
grantcart
Oct 2012
#34
So clearly, any of the poll numbers affected by this are bullshit.
Waiting For Everyman
Oct 2012
#43
Nate's a big boy and when he signed the deal to sell his franchise to the NYT he knew
grantcart
Oct 2012
#54
If they give Pulitzer prizes for online political investigative journalism, you deserve it. n/t
Tom Rinaldo
Oct 2012
#50