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A good question for polling members within a party where the bias is accepted, such as asking in favor of supporting a policy to continue funding for the troops, could be phrased this way, "In light of the fact that a Los Angeles Times poll in January 2007 shows that only 25 percent of the public believes the new Democratic majority actually has a plan,<ref>

A good question for polling members within a party where the bias is accepted, such as asking in favor of supporting a policy to continue funding for the troops, could be phrased this way, "In light of the fact that a Los Angeles Times poll in January 2007 shows that only 25 percent of the public believes the new Democratic majority actually has a plan,<ref>

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-poll19jan19,0,7952061,full.story?coll=la-home-nation</ref> and the fact that an Angus Reid poll taken in January 2007 says that 88% of the population believes Congress should allow funding for the troops currently there (combining the responses "allow funding for troops currently there" and "allow all funding for the war in Iraq" in the poll) <ref>http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/14551</ref> - Do you agree with the majority respondents in the USA Today poll taken in February 2007 which states that "6 in ten" oppose denying funding for the additional troops being sent to Iraq?" <ref>https://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-02-12-troops-poll_x.htm</ref>  

https://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-poll19jan19,0,7952061,full.story?coll=la-home-nation</ref> and the fact that an Angus Reid poll taken in January 2007 says that 88% of the population believes Congress should allow funding for the troops currently there (combining the responses "allow funding for troops currently there" and "allow all funding for the war in Iraq" in the poll) <ref>http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/14551</ref> - Do you agree with the majority respondents in the USA Today poll taken in February 2007 which states that "6 in ten" oppose denying funding for the additional troops being sent to Iraq?" <ref>https://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-02-12-troops-poll_x.htm</ref>  

Democrats being polled with this question would be likely to think that bringing up their party's lack of a plan in the first part of the question prejudices the response about the subsequent statistics on troop support, whereas Republicans would not be likely to take equal offense. The responses could then be skewed because of [[party affiliation]] even though only proven and verifiable facts were being presented.  

Democrats being polled with this question would be likely to think that bringing up their party's lack of a plan in the first part of the question prejudices the response about the subsequent statistics on troop support, whereas Republicans would not be likely to take equal offense. The responses could then be skewed because of [[party affiliation]] even though only proven and verifiable facts were being presented.  

'''4) WHO you include or exclude from a poll. '''

'''4) WHO you include or exclude from a poll. '''

Although it seems representative of the population when a poll is taken of a vast section of the population which is demographically and ideologically diverse, there can be other factors which can skew the results, such as age inclusion as shown in the poll taken by the ''New York Times'' that stated, "51% of Women Are Now Living Without Spouse." <ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/16/us/16census.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin</ref> Although that appears to be a statement concerning the entire population, The Times got their numbers from the Census Bureau's new American Community Survey, which surveyed '''"117 million women over the age of 15."''' <ref>http://www.census.gov/acs/www/index.html</ref> Is it really a surprise that millions of 15 year olds are "living without spouse"? What about 16, 17 or 18 year olds? It is worth noting that the age of consent <ref>http://www.webistry.net/jan/consent.html</ref> in the United States averages just over 16 years of age. In several states, including California, it's 18. Note also that the Census survey's "Data Profile Highlights" page <ref>

Although it seems representative of the population when a poll is taken of a vast section of the population which is demographically and ideologically diverse, there can be other factors which can skew the results, such as age inclusion as shown in the poll taken by the ''New York Times'' that stated, "51% of Women Are Now Living Without Spouse." <ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/16/us/16census.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin</ref> Although that appears to be a statement concerning the entire population, The Times got their numbers from the Census Bureau's new American Community Survey, which surveyed '''"117 million women over the age of 15."''' <ref>https://www.census.gov/acs/www/index.html</ref> Is it really a surprise that millions of 15 year olds are "living without spouse"? What about 16, 17 or 18 year olds? It is worth noting that the age of consent <ref>http://www.webistry.net/jan/consent.html</ref> in the United States averages just over 16 years of age. In several states, including California, it's 18. Note also that the Census survey's "Data Profile Highlights" page <ref>

http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=&geo_id=01000US&_geoContext=01000US&_street=&_county=&_cityTown=&_state=&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010</ref> simply refers to "Female, Now married, except separated ('''population 15 years and over''')," and does not call these respondents "women," as the Times did in their report of the poll.  

http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=&geo_id=01000US&_geoContext=01000US&_street=&_county=&_cityTown=&_state=&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010</ref> simply refers to "Female, Now married, except separated ('''population 15 years and over''')," and does not call these respondents "women," as the Times did in their report of the poll.