2012 U.S. Presidential Election

[Roy Karrde]

No Roy, the questionairres are sent out at random, and there's a spot on it where you say what your political affiliation is. I should know... I responded to to one of those polls once. In this one, 22% of those polled identified themselves as Rupublican.

You do realize that polls are reweighted afterwards. That way if they send out 1,000 questioners, and 450 come back Republicans they average it out.

You haven't considered the possibility, perhaps, that fewer people in these polls are identifying themselves as members of the GOP?

So you are telling me Republicans dropped over 12% in less than two years?

[Dark Sage]

You do realize that polls are reweighted afterwards. That way if they send out 1,000 questioners, and 450 come back Republicans they average it out.

You just contradicted yourself. You said the poll consisted of 32% Democrats, 22% Republicans, and 38% Independent.

That doesn't even total 100%, by the way... But whoever "evened it out" was clearly bad at math, if that's what he did.

[Roy Karrde]

You just contradicted yourself. You said the poll consisted of 32% Democrats, 22% Republicans, and 38% Independent.

That doesn't even total 100%, by the way... But whoever "evened it out" was clearly bad at math, if that's what he did.

7 considered themselves "Other", 2 had no opinion.