A reader’s guide to evaluating campaign polls
August 5, 2012 at 1:00 am in Grand Forks Herald
Here’s a survey: Is campaign polling 1) an art, 2) a science or 3) an act of statistical sleight of hand? The answer can be all of the above. As election season nears, polls are ramping up. It can be hard to interpret their terminology, let alone know which numbers to trust. With the help of top pollsters and analysts, here’s an easy guide to the polls. Continue Reading

….and most importantly, just ignore polls, its nothing but skewed opinions of those selected.
Make your own decisions on facts that you and only you have looked at yourself.
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On this we definately see eye to eye…
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I remember my sociology professor saying that there’s really no such thing as a “Harmless Poll” because they’re all directed toward some mean…..I’ve basically stayed away from answering any poll ever since…
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