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In finding the sample makeup by region, the "Don't Know" section can be ignored. This would then leave three individual rows and columns. With such, a three-variable system can be set up and solved, with the calculated results for sample makeup roughly being 62.15% of respondents from [[Maricopa County]], 14.09% from Pima County, and 24.59% from all other counties (note that this does not add up to exactly 100%<ref name="ref1"/>). While this does seem to be weighted properly (for the most part), the real problem is that, similar to the gender makeup, the conclusions are absurd. According to the poll, Maricopa County will supposedly vote to the left of Pima County by a net of 7 percentage points, a mostly absurd notion. Pima County had voted to the left of Maricopa County by around [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/06/us/elections/results-arizona-elections.html 11.4%] in the 2018 Senate election, [https://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/president/arizona/ 16.8%] in the 2016 presidential election, [https://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/senate/arizona/ 18.8%] in the 2016 Senate election, [https://www.politico.com/2012-election/results/president/arizona/ 17.8%] in the 2012 presidential election, [https://www.politico.com/2012-election/results/senate/arizona/ 20.2%] in the 2012 Senate election, etc. While it's true that many of the [[neocons]] in Maricopa County who supported establishment [[RINO]] [[John McCain]] and currently oppose [[Donald Trump]] are likely to turn against McSally ([https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/mccain-donors-flip-to-mark-kelly-over-republican-incumbent-in-key-arizona-senate-race as McCain donors are]), it's unlikely that such numbers will occur. In addition, it's unlikely that such numbers will be the case for the rest of the Arizona counties (that lean [[Republican]]), as the entirety of sample appears to be skewed to the left.
 
In finding the sample makeup by region, the "Don't Know" section can be ignored. This would then leave three individual rows and columns. With such, a three-variable system can be set up and solved, with the calculated results for sample makeup roughly being 62.15% of respondents from [[Maricopa County]], 14.09% from Pima County, and 24.59% from all other counties (note that this does not add up to exactly 100%<ref name="ref1"/>). While this does seem to be weighted properly (for the most part), the real problem is that, similar to the gender makeup, the conclusions are absurd. According to the poll, Maricopa County will supposedly vote to the left of Pima County by a net of 7 percentage points, a mostly absurd notion. Pima County had voted to the left of Maricopa County by around [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/06/us/elections/results-arizona-elections.html 11.4%] in the 2018 Senate election, [https://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/president/arizona/ 16.8%] in the 2016 presidential election, [https://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/senate/arizona/ 18.8%] in the 2016 Senate election, [https://www.politico.com/2012-election/results/president/arizona/ 17.8%] in the 2012 presidential election, [https://www.politico.com/2012-election/results/senate/arizona/ 20.2%] in the 2012 Senate election, etc. While it's true that many of the [[neocons]] in Maricopa County who supported establishment [[RINO]] [[John McCain]] and currently oppose [[Donald Trump]] are likely to turn against McSally ([https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/mccain-donors-flip-to-mark-kelly-over-republican-incumbent-in-key-arizona-senate-race as McCain donors are]), it's unlikely that such numbers will occur. In addition, it's unlikely that such numbers will be the case for the rest of the Arizona counties (that lean [[Republican]]), as the entirety of sample appears to be skewed to the left.
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==Analyzing age group sample makeup/conclusions==
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Analysis of this category for sample makeup is being skipped; [[Essay:An_analysis_of_another_misleading_poll/calculations#Finding_sample_makeup_by_age|see here]] for details.
    
==Final points==
 
==Final points==
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