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In response to "RCP's numbers are not biased, I think they use about as unbiased a number model as you can get." by ty97

I wouldn't know anything about their commentary, I'm focused just on their numbers. Thanks. -- nm

Posted by Strongbad (aka Rambler14) Nov 5 '12, 12:57

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I use them for the same and trust their numbers implicitly (as far as bias/non-bias goes) since they are aggregating/averaging. - ty97 Nov 5, 12:59 3
- Then I think the main question to ask is what value is an average of polls? If you're just looking for a simple number to tell you who is up and who - Roger More, attempting re-entry Nov 5, 13:07 2
  - I would imagine they're a lot better for "is Candidate X doing better or worse than last week?" than for "will Candidate X win the election". -- nm - Ender Nov 5, 13:38
  - Heh - this was meant to go under SB's post below -- nm - Roger More, attempting re-entry Nov 5, 13:07

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