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Originally Posted by Jetée
Small sample size is not to be taken as a verified experimental statistic for what the whole of Americans believe.
Fact: 1 in 8 Americans are not actually American citizens. It's up to you whether you believe this or not. I just made it up. But is it so farfetched?
It's a fact, nonetheless: totally unsubstantiated, yet not totally disproven. It's a skewed fact.
Plus, you're title is wrong: where in the article does it state that 60+ million Americans (1 in 5) believe that Obama, in is fact, a Muslim?
Are they referring to his ethnicity, or his religion? And I believe it is just a widespread inference you are touting that Muslim ~ terrorist, as that was no where stated explicitly in the poll's / article / ABCNews' findings.
Last bit: who cares? Polls suck. Polls troll.
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If every American was asked, it wouldn't be a poll anymore, it would be a census. That's why they are "polls".
And polls are not an accurate gauge of larger public opinion? Since when? As I pointed out, you can take issue with the pool of poll participants, as to whether they are an accurate representation of the demographic, but the results
are the results. Small group studies as they apply to the greater whole have been used as a basis for scientific research forever. Are you telling me they aren't a reflection of the whole? Because you've just turned the scientific method on its head, if that's the case.
And Seaver: The has nothing, nada, zero, zilch, to do with the topic at hand. But thanks for the legwork on a discussion we're not having.