Re:The Media Has Neglected Puerto Rico
by chrisco255 on Monday October 02, 2017 @09:56PM
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I wonder if these polls are as accurate as election polls.
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The polls were very accurate at the national level and within a few points at the state level.
Re:The Media Has Neglected Puerto Rico
by chrisco255 on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @03:35PM
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The same polls that predicted Hillary would win?
Re:The Media Has Neglected Puerto Rico
by objectivetruth on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @05:44PM
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Most national polls reflected a preference for her of a few percent. Her popular vote victory was well within that margin of error.
But you already knew about the statistical peculiarity that was the 2016 Electoral College result, so I'm guessing you're repeating this hoping for some alt-right points on HN? Or just to demonstrate that public policy polling and statistics are somehow a big snake oil discipline that you're too intelligent to fall for?
Well I didn't look at the data and i'm sure theres some error in the results. But even if they are off by 20-30% thats still A LOT of people who dont know about PR status, etc.
Anecdotally (i know thats not a good example) most people I speak to always ask if needed a visa to more to one of the 50 states, they ask if you need a passport to visit and they ask if you can drive to PR.