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In reply to the discussion: New data shows Hillary has tremendous support among liberals, less support among conservative Dems [View all]Stryst
(721 posts)I thought I was clear in my post. There are 318,892,103 Americans. 146,311,000 (approximately) of them are registered voters. 1000 call sample size. I didn't say the poll was invalid, just that with such a small sample against the background population, it's a low percentage sample to be basing broad opinions on. If less than a hundredth of a percent of voters responded, I find it somewhat irresponsible to make blanket statements such as "liberals say this", when you're asking the opinion of such a small sample.
I'm not a statistician, nor am I involved in public policy, I just think that we should always be wary of anything that might be used to sway public opinion.
And I certainly apologize if using a personal anecdote flavored the discussion before we started talking about numbers.