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So what it it wasn't random, but captured 90% of the population?

• kube-system 6y ago
  Where are you seeing 90%? The poll itself says 59% of the 2.3m respondents were people who voted in the election. That's 1.4m people, which is 15% of their population and 21% of their eligible voting population.
  • freeone3000 6y ago
    Forget the percentage - there are more people who said they voted for the second-place contender than the second-place contender's official vote count.
    • kube-system 6y ago
      Yes, clearly the evidence demonstrates the election results are less than trustworthy. But that’s not what I was taking issue with. Above, I was disputing the claim that a large sample size “guarantees correctness” Likely, neither this Telegram poll nor the election are statistically sound in their results, for different reasons. I am not saying that the Telegram poll has to be statistically sound to be valuable evidence.