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Re:Peter Thiel to Donate $1.25M in Support of Donald Trump by snovv_crash on Sunday October 16, 2016 @02:17AM (#12717257)
The fact that it's an outlier means, statistically, that it is more likely to be wrong.
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Re:Peter Thiel to Donate $1.25M in Support of Donald Trump by sagarm on Sunday October 16, 2016 @06:10PM (#12721312)
Yes, it's more likely to be wrong.

But this poll performed well in 2012[1] with the same methodology. As a polling nerd, wouldn't you be interested in why it is producing unusual results this year and what implications that might have for polling in general?

[1] http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-poll-faq-20161006-...

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