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What is wrong with a sample size of 1,000?

Posted on: August 18, 2021 at 10:36:42 CT
BigDave MU
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It is the most common sample size in political polling. Many of the polls you see only have 600-800 sample sizes.

If that is all you've got to discredit a poll, you've got nothing.
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13 percent of Democrats say they would vote for Trump today; - JeffB MU - 8/18 10:03:25
     people are damn stupid, just look at this board - JG A - 8/18 11:41:42
     What about the dead, imaginary and illegals? Do they… - Outsider MU - 8/18 10:38:08
     biden is worthless - gmmm98 MU - 8/18 10:20:38
          Evidence that trump is a conman, please. And - hokie VT - 8/18 10:39:06
               Everyone they know says so. That's evidence. nm. - MUTGR MU - 8/18 11:25:46
          Pretty much this - Eggs MU - 8/18 10:37:15
               and Biden was run off of previous ballots in disgrace - JeffB MU - 8/18 11:53:39
               And you have no clue how the federal government (cabal) - Razor UCLA - 8/18 11:45:25
               What did you disagree with policy wise w/trump? Did - hokie VT - 8/18 10:52:20
                    Never once in my post did I mention policy(nm) - Eggs MU - 8/18 10:55:12
                         So you dislike trump immensly because of what, orange hair? - hokie VT - 8/18 10:57:35
                              I never mentioned immense dislike of Trump(nm) - Eggs MU - 8/18 11:05:16
                                   You're being coy. That probably means you can't defend - hokie VT - 8/18 11:09:11
     Gee, Rasmussen leans right. Shocker. Nm - SparkyStalcup MU - 8/18 10:16:41
     of course. he spent just like one (nm) - ashtray UF - 8/18 10:10:24
          Yeah he totally didn’t cut foreign aid, pull us out of the - Razor UCLA - 8/18 10:21:47
               He was planning on cutting spending by 50% in the 2nd term - kmawv8 KC - 8/18 10:23:42
               while increasing spending on other stupid sh*t - ashtray UF - 8/18 10:23:20
     That 11'/. Loss is offset by 2021 illegal aliens.. nm - yy4u MU - 8/18 10:09:31
     Not sure i believe that. Ds who would even consider - hokie VT - 8/18 10:07:05
          Trump had an awful lot of Democrat in him(nm) - Spanky KU - 8/18 10:10:32
               Example? He may, we all may, have some of the - hokie VT - 8/18 10:14:45
                    cruise missel diplomacy, record spending, foreign meddling - ashtray UF - 8/18 10:19:19
                    Look at the amount of money he spent. - kmawv8 KC - 8/18 10:16:09
                         What was the right amount of money to spend? He had - hokie VT - 8/18 10:19:38
                              Decimated the military????? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 - mizzoumurfkc KC - 8/18 10:56:16
                                   Yes decimated - Spanky KU - 8/18 11:59:28
                              What the hell are you talking about? - kmawv8 KC - 8/18 10:21:08
               For sure. (nm) - JeffB MU - 8/18 10:13:12
     That's all false. - kmawv8 KC - 8/18 10:06:33
          He cited a poll. He did not take the poll. nm - hokie VT - 8/18 10:08:59
               And this statement: - kmawv8 KC - 8/18 10:10:19
                    Why is that outlandish? Look at the exit numbers in 2020(nm) - tigerNkc KC - 8/18 11:04:56
                    You say it's false. Evidence of that? I doubt it too and - hokie VT - 8/18 10:17:08
                         I'm going to type really slowly for you. - kmawv8 KC - 8/18 10:20:09
                              Your "argument" is useless. 1000 people, - GA Tiger MU - 8/18 10:55:06
                                   LMFAO (nm) - pickle MU - 8/18 11:44:09
                              It looked to me like you were jumping on jeff for reporting - hokie VT - 8/18 10:28:43
          lol, 1000 people surveyed. (nm) - kmawv8 KC - 8/18 10:07:43
               Have you never looked into the numbers of a typical poll?(nm) - tigerNkc KC - 8/18 11:00:23
                    critical thinking - pickle MU - 8/18 11:45:06
               What is wrong with a sample size of 1,000? - BigDave MU - 8/18 10:36:42
                    US population is ~330 million (nm) - pickle MU - 8/18 11:43:12
                         You must have zero understanding of statistics - BigDave MU - 8/18 13:35:21
          So you publicly proclaim that it's false and don't have a - JeffB MU - 8/18 10:07:32
               Yes, because it is impossible for them to poll every - kmawv8 KC - 8/18 10:08:51
                    Again, this is EVERY poll ever taken in the history of - tigerNkc KC - 8/18 11:01:40
                         right. are you waking up yet? (nm) - pickle MU - 8/18 11:44:44
          The more they upset you, the more likely they are accurate. - MUTGR MU - 8/18 10:07:31
               Not a single poll has ever upset me in the slightest. - kmawv8 KC - 8/18 10:09:19
               Lol, so true. Watching them trying to defend this sh*t show - Razor UCLA - 8/18 10:08:53




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