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Good Or Bad Use Of Polling (Taylor's Version)

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The Bad Use of Polling to Define Taylor Swift Fans

CNN poll: Taylor Swift fans are 74% white, 13% black, 9% Asian, 4% other. Poll also asked about gender, age, income, urban, suburban, political party. Among Republican respondents for the most people wanted to have dinner with Paul McCartney, 33%, Taylor Swift was second at 22%. But among Democrats, 62% said that they were fans of Taylor Swift; only 48% of Republicans did.

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