Obama/Biden vs. McCain/Palin

[jim]

Being someone who understands the basic statistics behind polling, and combining that with being a cantankerous old coot, when I am polled on anything I give the exact opposite answers of what I really mean. If I get polled, I'm a McCain guy all the way.

I just wonder how many people like me it takes to totally make these polls irrelvant.

[PujolJunkie]

Ohio is a very socially conservative state that sometimes swings Democratic because of the labor issue. I think it would actually be a pretty major coup for Obama to hold onto it.

If Obama wins Ohio, he can't lose the election. Unless McCain somehow wins Michigan, Virginia AND Colorado.

[Simbagal23]

Being someone who understands the basic statistics behind polling, and combining that with being a cantankerous old coot, when I am polled on anything I give the exact opposite answers of what I really mean. If I get polled, I'm a McCain guy all the way.

I just wonder how many people like me it takes to totally make these polls irrelvant.

I'm like that, too, Jim. I've never been polled but if I were, I'd give any answer but what I planned to vote for.....that's why I don't put much stock into these polls, especially the daily ones.

[BW23]

Being someone who understands the basic statistics behind polling, and combining that with being a cantankerous old coot, when I am polled on anything I give the exact opposite answers of what I really mean. If I get polled, I'm a McCain guy all the way.

I just wonder how many people like me it takes to totally make these polls irrelvant.

I'm like that, too, Jim. I've never been polled but if I were, I'd give any answer but what I planned to vote for.....that's why I don't put much stock into these polls, especially the daily ones.

The only time I get called, they ask if I'm a democrat. When I emphatically say no, they hang up.

Is this polling?

[Arthur Dent]

Being someone who understands the basic statistics behind polling, and combining that with being a cantankerous old coot, when I am polled on anything I give the exact opposite answers of what I really mean. If I get polled, I'm a McCain guy all the way.

Why?

[jim]

Being someone who understands the basic statistics behind polling, and combining that with being a cantankerous old coot, when I am polled on anything I give the exact opposite answers of what I really mean. If I get polled, I'm a McCain guy all the way.

Why?

Mainly just to be a dick. We have a room at work with this gynormous chalkboard that the theorists use. Crazy math stuff all over, and for some reason when I go to that room if I get the opportunity I'll erase an exponent here or a sign there.

Really no reason behind it, kind of like making a Red Sox logo as your sig and making sure everyone knows about it by posting a thread asking if I should keep it.

[TimeForGuinness]

Being someone who understands the basic statistics behind polling, and combining that with being a cantankerous old coot, when I am polled on anything I give the exact opposite answers of what I really mean. If I get polled, I'm a McCain guy all the way.

Why?

Mainly just to be a dick. We have a room at work with this gynormous chalkboard that the theorists use. Crazy math stuff all over, and for some reason when I go to that room if I get the opportunity I'll erase an exponent here or a sign there.

Really no reason behind it, kind of like making a Red Sox logo as your sig and making sure everyone knows about it by posting a thread asking if I should keep it.

jim is a true life joeybomber

[docellis]

i lie about everything when i am polled too. even on those websites that ask you to put your demographic info. or ask where you learned about the product. i have no idea why i lie 100% of the time when anonymous.

[Radbird]

I hate it when someone a decade younger than me refers to himself as a "cantankerous old coot".

[Arthur Dent]

Being someone who understands the basic statistics behind polling, and combining that with being a cantankerous old coot, when I am polled on anything I give the exact opposite answers of what I really mean. If I get polled, I'm a McCain guy all the way.

Why?

Mainly just to be a dick.

To tell whether this messes up polls, we'd have to find whether Obama or McCain supporters are more likely to be dicks then.