YouGov then weighted the matched set of survey respondents to known marginals for registered voters from the state of Massachusetts from the American Community Survey, resulting in a representative
sample of registered voters in Massachusetts.
A «stringent» likely voter screen was applied to
the sample of registered voters that had been statistically adjusted to reflect party registration, gender and age, Siena said.
Polling was conducted among a representative
sample of registered voters in Kentucky that included an oversampling of parents with children in public schools.
Not exact matches
The
voter register is the most important tool for making election outcomes credible, it is like a credible and reliable scientific research which relies on the «
sample frame»; it is the touchstone that gives assurance to the fact that the ballot, as expressed in an election, arose from the physical presence
of eligible
voters at the polling unit who delegated part
of their sovereignty temporarily to elected officials.
«We do a random
sample of more than 800
registered voters and our
sample looks like the New York electorate both in terms
of geography, bipartisan break up, gender, age, income etc. so we do it very carefully to ensure we get a representative
sample,» said Greenberg.
The new Siena poll, which surveyed 805
registered voters by telephone from Jan. 8 to 12, has a margin
of sampling error
of plus or minus four percentage points.
This poll was conducted by telephone June 9 - 13, 2016 among a random
sample of 1,280 adults nationwide, including 1,048
registered voters.
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A
voter guide mailed to all
registered voters, including
sample ballots and statements from each political party and each candidate
of up to 250 words.
This is the first time Siena has polled likely
voters, a narrower
sample than
registered voters, though recent polling
of registered voters showed that New Yorkers were becoming increasingly split on the convention question.
Respondents
of this poll were matched to a target
sample of Massachusetts
registered voters based on gender, age, race, education, party identification, ideology, and political interest.
As the largest statewide survey
of registered voters, the poll was conducted March 28 - April 7 and surveyed 1,504
registered voters, with a significant oversample
of Latino
voters and strong presence
of cell phone
samples.
Conducted among a representative
sample of 600
registered voters statewide in June 2015, the survey showed that 62 percent
of Louisiana
voters support charter schools while just 19 percent oppose.