@return2ozma to United States | News & [email protected] • 3 months agoKamala Harris takes 7-point lead over Donald Trump in new national pollwww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square7arrow-up175arrow-down14cross-posted to: politics
arrow-up171arrow-down1external-linkKamala Harris takes 7-point lead over Donald Trump in new national pollwww.newsweek.com@return2ozma to United States | News & [email protected] • 3 months agomessage-square7cross-posted to: politics
minus-squareEm Adespotonlinkfedilink12•3 months agoWait… 3 percent of Democrats support Trump? There’s a 3.5% margin of error, but still.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink11•3 months agoThe headline margin of error only applies at the centre (50%), and decreases towards the extremes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margin_of_error#Specific_margins_of_error Wikipedia says that for a poll with 1013 participants and the same headline margin of error, a 2% result would be ±0.8%. It’s more likely that this is the crowd who deliberately gives the most absurd answer possible.
Wait… 3 percent of Democrats support Trump? There’s a 3.5% margin of error, but still.
The headline margin of error only applies at the centre (50%), and decreases towards the extremes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margin_of_error#Specific_margins_of_error
Wikipedia says that for a poll with 1013 participants and the same headline margin of error, a 2% result would be ±0.8%.
It’s more likely that this is the crowd who deliberately gives the most absurd answer possible.