Trump campaign demands CNN apologize for poll that shows Biden leading

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(06-13-2020, 06:00 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: And with most of those, the differences was within the margin of error. Statistics aren't flawless because they are, by design, taking a sample and trying to extrapolate that data to make it fit the population. There is always a margin of error with these things to take that into account. For instance, let's take PA since that switched from what the poll had. The second to last poll (the document for the last one isn't there anymore) has Clinton over Trump 48/44. The MoE for that poll is 3% which means that the 48 for Clinton could actually be 45 or 51 and the 44 for Trump could actually be 41 or 47. Now, Trump out performed that margin with 48, but Clinton's number was right there at 47. When there is a specific number with a MoE given it means the answer is in that range. So for a lot of these the polls predicted the numbers correctly.

You know he did not follow this, right?