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...said that exit polls, as a predictor, represent only a portion of the electorate and their results do not necessarily reflect the preferences of an entire state...
...watch the show because it’s [based] around my area...but it doesn’t reflect the people and places...
...This is going to force people to reflect and take on the hard work of reinventing the Democratic party for the future,” he said...
...insurgency and rebuilding Iraq, neither he nor President Bush has offered substantive ideas for bringing about a tenable peace. Defeating insurgents, training Iraqi soldiers and civil servants, and the myriad other sound bites offered by the candidates are all clearly necessary components of any plan, but they do not reflect the gravity or scale of the job that remains...
...pollsters sampling the whole country? Pollsters usually interview about 1,000 registered voters and, thanks to the magic of statistical math, 95% of the time those 1,000 accurately reflect the opinions of the entire country, give or take a margin of error of plus or minus 3%. But some people are not reached. Polls are conducted by phone, which leaves out about 8% of adult Americans, including those in institutions (prisons, hospitals, military bases), some low-income people and the approximately 4% of adults who have only cell phones. Then there are the people who hang up on pollsters...