Newsfilters and the Polls that Love Them
Today I have to take out the trash. The polling trash. Hoho, you're in for it now!
First up, an update to yesterday's post about alternate indicators:
This poll from Channel One TV (a channel they play in public schools for "news") shows teenagers supporting Bush for president...
...and this poll from the American Bible Society shows that two-thirds of American children want a President whom is a man of strong faith...
...but those annoying college students look like they're leaning towards Kerry.
I'm not sure where they show Channel One in schools...it might be worth checking out exactly what kind of schools use it's services, as their numbers are so much different from Nickelodeon's yesteday.
Finally, I thought you might like to know where I go for my own polling/election news this time of year. I normally wouldn't give away my sources, but just in case I suddenly am abducted by aliens/illuminati/schrodinger's cat you probably should know where to go for polling news.
You probably notice that I quote Electoral-Vote.com here quite often, because they have the prettiest graphs and update daily. But what you might not know, and probably should, is that they lean Democratic (though not too much, I still find their data useful) so I make sure I check the Hedgehog Report to balance it out.
Other sites with excellent compilations of various polling and electoral vote data include: Alan San Croix, though he can get a bit behind, and unfutz, which has so much information it makes my eyes fall out.
So you might want to keep these sites in mind in the upcoming weeks. Also, keep checking pollingreport.com for your raw poll info - it's getting very close!!!
Too bad I can't say say the same for the Sox-Yankees game last night!!! Oooooh!!!!
First up, an update to yesterday's post about alternate indicators:
This poll from Channel One TV (a channel they play in public schools for "news") shows teenagers supporting Bush for president...
...and this poll from the American Bible Society shows that two-thirds of American children want a President whom is a man of strong faith...
...but those annoying college students look like they're leaning towards Kerry.
I'm not sure where they show Channel One in schools...it might be worth checking out exactly what kind of schools use it's services, as their numbers are so much different from Nickelodeon's yesteday.
Finally, I thought you might like to know where I go for my own polling/election news this time of year. I normally wouldn't give away my sources, but just in case I suddenly am abducted by aliens/illuminati/schrodinger's cat you probably should know where to go for polling news.
You probably notice that I quote Electoral-Vote.com here quite often, because they have the prettiest graphs and update daily. But what you might not know, and probably should, is that they lean Democratic (though not too much, I still find their data useful) so I make sure I check the Hedgehog Report to balance it out.
Other sites with excellent compilations of various polling and electoral vote data include: Alan San Croix, though he can get a bit behind, and unfutz, which has so much information it makes my eyes fall out.
So you might want to keep these sites in mind in the upcoming weeks. Also, keep checking pollingreport.com for your raw poll info - it's getting very close!!!
Too bad I can't say say the same for the Sox-Yankees game last night!!! Oooooh!!!!
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2 Comments:
Yes, I believe that all of this competing, conflicting polling info could make one's brains fall out...weren't the sox playing the redbirds last night?
I heard that the polls about the election are all either biased or mean nothing. what does this mean? what do you think is going on with the statisticall inept?
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