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[spider]

Why do we consider Pollsters to be anything but a gaggle of very well informed guessers?

Remember that the last Mayoralty contest here in Toronto was universally declared to be "Too close to call" when it was anything but close and that contest had nowhere near the number of complexities and variables encompassed in today's election.

The only difference between their prognostications and your hunch is that they are being paid.

 

[Mongo]

The only difference between their prognostications and your hunch is that they are being paid.

Plus, of course, they interview thousands of people and use well-tested statistical methodologies that produce results accurate to within a couple of percentage points, 19 times out of 20. But yeah, otherwise there is no difference between their statistically-based methods and your random guessing.

 

[gabe]

beware of the scam phone call from number (450) 760-7746..coming from a landline in Joliette Quebec telling people their voting locations have changed!!!! its a scam!!! go to the place specified on your voters card!!!!

 

[Towered]

Plus, of course, they interview thousands of people and use well-tested statistical methodologies that produce results accurate to within a couple of percentage points, 19 times out of 20. But yeah, otherwise there is no difference between their statistically-based methods and your random guessing.

Hahahahaha!! Spider taken to the woodshed once again.

 

[spider]

Plus, of course, they interview thousands of people and use well-tested statistical methodologies that produce results accurate to within a couple of percentage points, 19 times out of 20

And yet, they blew it big time!

Hahahahaha!! Spider taken to the woodshed once again.

I wonder how many Pollsters will be joining me in the Wood shed tomorrow morning.

 

[PinkLucy]

And yet, they blew it big time!

Because that was the 20th time

They also blew it big time back when the NDP won in Ontario, but otherwise, they've been pretty accurate.

 

[spider]

Would the Polling Companies please come and collect their experts here at the Woodshed, it's SRO in here.