POLL: 44% of Dems Welcome Refugees from Aladdin's 'Agrabah'... http://www.breitbart.com/big-govern...elcome-refugees-agrabah-home-disneys-aladdin/
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44 % of dems say take refugees from Disney invented country
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Interesting is the method of data collection.
For the Republican poll, which asked whether or not respondents would advocate bombing the fictional land of Agrabah (30% said yes), WPA chose to limit its pool to "Republican primary voters" with 1,132 respondents in total on which to base their analysis. The margin of error was 2.9% per 100 respondents.
For the Democratic poll, WPA picked a smaller number of respondents, 384 voters with a margin of error of 5%.
So if we crunch numbers, this is what we get:
Republicans who advocate bombing a fictional Disney location: 340
Democrats who advocate accepting refugees from a fictional Disney location: 168
And what, in the end, does this mean?
It means the poll was A) skewed and B) nonsensical on the face. C) Polls are meaningless because they can be easily manipulated to say what the polling source wants them to say. D) Neither Republicans nor Democrats should be laughing at the ignorance of people who are allowed to vote.
For the Republican poll, which asked whether or not respondents would advocate bombing the fictional land of Agrabah (30% said yes), WPA chose to limit its pool to "Republican primary voters" with 1,132 respondents in total on which to base their analysis. The margin of error was 2.9% per 100 respondents.
For the Democratic poll, WPA picked a smaller number of respondents, 384 voters with a margin of error of 5%.
So if we crunch numbers, this is what we get:
Republicans who advocate bombing a fictional Disney location: 340
Democrats who advocate accepting refugees from a fictional Disney location: 168
And what, in the end, does this mean?
It means the poll was A) skewed and B) nonsensical on the face. C) Polls are meaningless because they can be easily manipulated to say what the polling source wants them to say. D) Neither Republicans nor Democrats should be laughing at the ignorance of people who are allowed to vote.
If you wish to crunch numbers only the percentages are meaningful
The percentages are actually meaningless for a number of reasons.
Firstly, the sample size between either side is vastly different. This immediately skews the results.
Secondly, the margin of error for both is more than 2% points off. This immediately skews the results.
Thirdly, the separate samples were drawn from two separate source types: Republican primary voters v those who are simply registered Democrat, whether they expressed an intention to vote in the Democratic primary or not.
If we are going to accept polls as accurate or relevant, then the data samples need to match in quantity or type, otherwise the entirety of the poll is meaningless for any comparative analysis.
And it also doesn't help that WPA has tended to lean right.
All in all, the main point is that polls simply don't matter and are the most irrelevant source of information one could possibly look to.
The percentages are actually meaningless for a number of reasons.
Firstly, the sample size between either side is vastly different. This immediately skews the results.
Secondly, the margin of error for both is more than 2% points off. This immediately skews the results.
Thirdly, the separate samples were drawn from two separate source types: Republican primary voters v those who are simply registered Democrat, whether they expressed an intention to vote in the Democratic primary or not.
If we are going to accept polls as accurate or relevant, then the data samples need to match in quantity or type, otherwise the entirety of the poll is meaningless for any comparative analysis.
And it also doesn't help that WPA has tended to lean right.
All in all, the main point is that polls simply don't matter and are the most irrelevant source of information one could possibly look to.
Sample size is what makes them the only measure.
I get that you don't like the outcome.