Ron Paul Wins Alabama/New Hampshire Straw Polls by Landslide

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Hello, Mr. Strawman.

They can be paid trillions of dollars. Unless they use force, it's impossible for them to account for those who refuse to participate.

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You mean refuse to participate in polling, or refuse to participate in voting? Obviously, pollsters want to exclude those who don't vote. If you are just talking about people who vote but don't answer polls (or don't receive poll solicitations), you should be easily able to measure the impact by comparing past polls to actual election results.

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Voting but not polling. Your solution might work for something as simple as "Democrat vs Republican," but it doesn't work for unusual situations like Ron Paul.

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Ahh, youth. Too young to remember all those other unusual situations like George Wallace, John Anderson, Ross Perot, etc. Yes, history did indeed begin the day you were born.

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You have no idea what my age is. It says a lot about the strength of your argument that you're resorting to ad hominems though!

None of those other candidates had the type of fiercely individualistic supporters Ron Paul does. It's completely different. A Ross Perot supporter isn't significantly more likely to be the kind of person who hangs up immediately. A Ron Paul supporter is.

On the other hand, if I recall correctly, Ross Perot polled WAY higher than his actual vote totals, so your example proves my point that pollsters cannot accurately measure the "unusual."