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POLITICAL POLLING
What to believeWhat not to believe
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HOW TO MEASURE
Traditional public opinion polls Determine the content phrasing the questions Selecting the sample
Random sampling: a method of poll selection that gives each person the same chance of being selected
Stratified sampling: A variation of random sampling; census data are used to divide the country into four sampling regions. Sets of counties and standard metropolitan statistical areas are then randomly selected in proportion to the total national population
Contacting respondents
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TYPES OF POLLS
Push Polls Polls taken for the purpose of providing information on
an opponent that would lead respondents to vote against that candidate
Tracking Polls Continuous surveys that enable a campaign to chart its
daily rise or fall in support Exit Polls
Polls conducted at selected polling places on Election Day
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DO YOU BELIEVE THAT ABORTION SHOULD BE ILLEGAL?
A. YesB. No
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IN 1996 THERE WERE 1.37 ABORTIONS PERFORMED IN THE UNITED STATES. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THIS IS MORALLY ACCEPTABLE?
A. YesB. No
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MEDICINE HAS PROVEN THAT A FETUS CAN SURVIVE OUTSIDE THE WOMB AT 24 WEEKS GESTATION. 8% OF ALL ABORTIONS ARE PERFORMED AFTER 24 WEEKS. SHOULD ABORTIONS BE LEGAL?
A. YesB. No
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SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT HAVE THE POWER TO LEGISLATE WHAT A WOMAN CAN DO TO HER OWN BODY?
A. YesB. No
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16 STATES PUBLICALLY FUND ABORTIONS, SHOULD THE TAXPAYERS PAY FOR ABORTIONS?
A. YesB. No
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DO YOU BELIEVE GAY MARRIAGE SHOULD BE LEGAL?
A. YesB. No
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DO YOU BELIEVE THAT SAME SEX-MARRIAGES SHOULD BE ILLEGAL?
A. YesB. No
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CIVIL UNIONS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE THE ALTERNATIVE TO SAME SEX MARRIAGES, YET THEY DENY ALL 1,049 FEDERAL BENEFITS THAT GO WITH MARRIAGES. SHOULD SAME-SEX COUPLES BE PERMITTED TO MARRY?
A. YesB. No
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SAME-SEX COUPLES HAVE HAD MORE SEXUAL PARTNERS THAN HETER0-SEXUAL COUPLES, POSSIBLY LEADING TO THE SPREAD OF SEXUAL DISEASES. SHOULD SAME SEX COUPLES BE GIVEN THE RIGHT TO MARRY?
A. YesB. No
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PROBLEMS
Inaccurate results can be dangerous. Voter News Service made errors during the presidential
election of 2000 estimating Florida Failed to estimate the number of voters accurately Used an inaccurate exit poll model Incorrectly estimated the number of African American and
Cuban voters Results lead to an early calling of the election
VNS disbanded in 2003 Major networks and Associated Press joined together to form
a new polling consortium, the National Election Pool
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PROBLEMS CONT’D
Sampling Error Sampling error or margin of error
A measure of the accuracy of a public opinion poll
Limited Respondent Options Lack of Information Difficulty Measuring Intensity
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EFFECTS OF POLLING
Politicians and government spend millions each year to take the pulse of the public.
They rely on polls but we do not know to what degree.
Ginsberg: critical of the passive voice of public opinion
George Gallup’s response: One might as well insist that a thermometer makes the weather.
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2012 Presidential Polls Polling by Electoral Votes www.realclearpolitics.com Presidential Election Center Presidential Approval Ratings
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