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Junior Chimp
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« on: July 21, 2006, 11:21:58 PM » |
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« edited: July 31, 2006, 11:56:07 AM by Tredrick »
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To make this forum as easy to use and informative as possible, please format the subject of all polls in the following fashion.
1- State first. Please put the two letter abbreviation for the state first.
2- Pollster. Next put who conducted the poll. If it is an internal poll, mention it by putting the letters (int) after the pollster.
3- State the poll results. If it is a head to head poll, list the candidates and percentages. If it has a series of results (both primary and general election, for example) mention the front runners. Try and get the candidates, both of them, if possible.
UPDATE
4- INTERNALS: Be sure to mention that they are internal numbers in the subject line. Lots of candidates are realeasing internal numbers lately. This also includes polls done for political parties or committees. You should read back to the original source, if at all possible, as some second hand sources delete that information. Don't be the source that tries to hide it is an internal poll.
5- SOURCES: Try and use the most original source you can for your links. If where you find it links back to another source, go there and read that srouce. If they link back further, read that. Ideally, your source will be a media article or a polling memo from the pollster. Or both! No reason to limit yourself to the one. It can be very interesting to see how the pollster and the media both spin the numbers.
6- POSTING LINKS: For those who do not know, you can post cleaner links using the following method:
[*url=ADDRESS OF WEBPAGE]HEADLINE OF WEBPAGE[*/url]
Just remove the "*"s and you will have a nice, neat link.
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