Typical media polls correct only for age, race, and gender (sometimes education, rarely income) using weighting methods about 60 years old, well behind modern statistical theory, partly from a long-standing belief that random digit dialing was good enough.

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Doug Rivers

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uses weighting methods that are about 60 years old and well behind what's known in modern statistical theory

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Doug Rivers on polling 7/21/2008EconTalk
Created: 6/15/2026, 9:28:54 AM

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