ECA says:

9409 total votes are expected to show the TRUE aspects of a poll, for the WHOLE 48 states??

soundwash says:

It might have something to do with the fact that in order for good comedy to work, it has to be based in large, on the truth. (see mel brook’s history of the world part I for an example)

(humor takes a magnifying glass to the facts of an issue and blows them out of proportion)

Politics..well…they can create a “body of truth” and pay someone to further that end/agenda..which then the MSM then edits and magnifies for your viewing pleasure (and of course..advertising dollars) -money being the key “magnifier”

-as for the Times Poll…take a look at all of’em…in many states, they use 1,2 or 3 votes to represent the ENTIRE state’s opinion quite often(!)

add to that, in the question of IS “VP Biden and asset or liability to the administration” they show a count of over 26,000 surveyed, yet when i counted all the votes for each state, i came up with only 1453!

so…imo..i would ignore Times polls completely, as whatever “normalizing” techniques they are using most likely involve fairy dust…

-s