DMR NOT releasing their poll tonight. Holy cow, folks.
I don't know what to tell you about the reasoning behind the decision by the Des Moines Register to NOT release their poll.
Either way, it is an embarrassment. What a shame.
Either way, it is an embarrassment. What a shame.
There's one thing that strikes me very odd.
For those who don't know, we don't collect respondent data and process the results within minutes.
That's not how it works.
@CNN hyped it and canceled at the last minute. No one knew there was a problem until now?
Very odd.
For those who don't know, we don't collect respondent data and process the results within minutes.
That's not how it works.
@CNN hyped it and canceled at the last minute. No one knew there was a problem until now?
Very odd.
We don't collect responses and process those results right away. Every pollster is different, but we need time for processing, i.e. to do data appends, dedupes, weighting, etc.
How is it that no one knew there was a problem until the last minute? Something isn't right here.
How is it that no one knew there was a problem until the last minute? Something isn't right here.
Unanswered Central Questions
When was the decision formally made to pull the Iowa Poll?
And...
When did the Des Moines Register tell CNN the Iowa Poll was not going to be released?
Because they looked frazzled at 8PM CST/9PM EST, and hyped it up all the way to the hour.
When was the decision formally made to pull the Iowa Poll?
And...
When did the Des Moines Register tell CNN the Iowa Poll was not going to be released?
Because they looked frazzled at 8PM CST/9PM EST, and hyped it up all the way to the hour.
Thread Update:
I wanted to learn more about the specifics before commenting further, but here it goes...
If the issue is with an interviewer, you'll notice a strange trend in their responses. It jumps right out at you. Because we're not talking about hundreds...
I wanted to learn more about the specifics before commenting further, but here it goes...
If the issue is with an interviewer, you'll notice a strange trend in their responses. It jumps right out at you. Because we're not talking about hundreds...
Because we're not talking about hundreds of interviews... The responses for that one interviewer can either be excluded altogether or excluded & replaced.
It is odd that this all seems very last minute. It's just not how it develops in the field.
It is odd that this all seems very last minute. It's just not how it develops in the field.
But let's take this all at face value for shits and giggles. The question remains...
Why wouldn't you just delay the release and extend collection another day? Clearly there was plenty of time, even if processing takes an extra pot of coffee.
Just makes no sense to junk it all.
Why wouldn't you just delay the release and extend collection another day? Clearly there was plenty of time, even if processing takes an extra pot of coffee.
Just makes no sense to junk it all.
