Governors imposing tighter controls are more popular

sfs said:

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DerSchweik said:

The combined population of those 12 states is 197,027,223 people
The poll queried 8,086 people overall
That's 0.0041% of the the combined populations of all 12 states.
I don't care how "scientific" the poll pretends to be - that's a ridiculously puny sample size to be making such broad conclusions as it does.

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DerSchweik said:

But hey, whatever spins your top is totally up to you - your mileage may vary.

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pitabread said:

That seems like a perfectly reasonable sample size for something like that.

What sort of sample size do you think they should have used?

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DerSchweik said:

How about 8,087?

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