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I just did a bit of googling on polls in the USA and then again on US Presidential polls. As Steve Eisenberg says, this poll used a fairly large sample compared to most.
All in all, based on what I read here, this seems to be as fair a poll as most. I don't particularly like the results but I see no particular reason to dismiss them. I prefer ebooks and I'd be a bit happier if everybody else did too. This doesn't really surprise me though.
I always am a bit skeptical of polls. There are so many variables and even if we asume the pollers re experts who don't want to slant things, they can't get it right all the time. It's just too complex. I am impressed with how often they seem to get things right.
I think polls are useful for getting an idea of what the truth might look like. It's a bit silly to think of them as Truth.
Barry
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