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AP Poll: Support grows among Americans for stricter gun laws
Yes its true a new poll that shows more folks want to ban the evil AR15 and all "assault weapons" after the police shootings.
WOW Yes the same old BS but my main question is concerning the following statement.
"The AP-GfK Poll of 1,009 adults was conducted online using a sample drawn from GfK's probability-based KnowledgePanel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population."
Well let's see there are around 310 million plus folks in the US and according to the census there are around 237 plus millions folks over the age 18 (voting age) yet they contact 1009 folks in their panel and that is designed to be representative of the U.S. population.
1009 out of 237 plus million voting age folks can sway public opinion on gun issues or anything else for that matter.
I understand sample rate and how polls work but it seems that the last batch of polls on elections and on other issues have not been what I would call reliable.
So my question to you is do you feel polls for the most part truly represent the American public and do the numbers they state about gun owners in your mind represent the average gun owner. Remember not you but the average gun owner.
AP Poll: Support grows among Americans for stricter gun laws (http://www.denverpost.com/2016/07/23/support-grows-americans-stricter-gun-laws/)
Yes its true a new poll that shows more folks want to ban the evil AR15 and all "assault weapons" after the police shootings.
WOW Yes the same old BS but my main question is concerning the following statement.
"The AP-GfK Poll of 1,009 adults was conducted online using a sample drawn from GfK's probability-based KnowledgePanel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population."
Well let's see there are around 310 million plus folks in the US and according to the census there are around 237 plus millions folks over the age 18 (voting age) yet they contact 1009 folks in their panel and that is designed to be representative of the U.S. population.
1009 out of 237 plus million voting age folks can sway public opinion on gun issues or anything else for that matter.
I understand sample rate and how polls work but it seems that the last batch of polls on elections and on other issues have not been what I would call reliable.
So my question to you is do you feel polls for the most part truly represent the American public and do the numbers they state about gun owners in your mind represent the average gun owner. Remember not you but the average gun owner.
AP Poll: Support grows among Americans for stricter gun laws (http://www.denverpost.com/2016/07/23/support-grows-americans-stricter-gun-laws/)