_http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/08/electoral.map/index.html_ (http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/08/electoral.map/index.html) _http://race2004.net/_ (http://race2004.net/) _http://www.rasmussenreports.com/Presidential_Tracking_Poll.htm_ (http://www.rasmussenreports.com/Presidential_Tracking_Poll.htm) Would someone who understands polling please explain to me how various polls such as those linked above can give such hugely disparate results? Is it the demographics of those being polled? The number of people questioned? Can any particular poll be considered more "valid" than any other? If polls are this wildly inaccurate (since they're so hugely different most must be inaccurate), what is their value? Julie Krueger ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html
