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A few years ago, there was an online poll to name a new scientific research boat.

The boat ended up being named 'boaty mcboatface'

I don't know how much I take stock in online polls especially made by partisan sources.

Huffington post did an online poll about who would win the 2016 presidential election. Hillary Clinton received around 99% of the votes.



Who said anything about an online poll?

“ The poll was conducted Feb. 9 and 10, 2022 among a random selection of 1,506 Canadian adults who are Maru Voice Canada panelists and is accurate within +/- 2.5 per cent, 19 times out of 20.”

It’s right there in the linked article.


Do you have an issue with the polling methodology they used in the survey? Source on it being an online poll?




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