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Originally Posted by raycarey but i have some real clear questions about that site and its methodology. |
Hopefully some real clear answers.
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Originally Posted by raycarey how do they average polls? |
Simple mathematical average of all the polls they list.
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Originally Posted by raycarey are the questions phrased in precisely the same manner? are the questions in each poll in the same order? |
From the ones I just looked at each ask which candidate they favor. Very straight forward. For example, registered democrats are asked; Do you favor Obama? Do you favor Clinton. For the general election it is a mix of Dem and Rep.
We all know all polls are not created equal so I believe this is what prompts your question. One can always find a poll to support an augment so for me having an average is about the best we can hope for. This site, a Time/CNN owned one seems to generally objective in presenting both parties on an even field.