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Election polls are a tiny subset of the general public, but they do offer very powerful insights into wider trends. Is there any reason to believe that Federal
by whack 6y ago
Election polls are a tiny subset of the general public, but they do offer very powerful insights into wider trends.
Is there any reason to believe that Federal judges are more racially biased compared to State judges? I'd be shocked if State judges as a group are more color-blind than Federal judges.
- NoImmatureAdHom 6y agoElection polls are designed to do exactly that, whereas this sample isn't anything even approaching a random subset that could be used for inference about the whole population. It may be the case that in state courtrooms judges are the same, worse, or better, but making that inference on the basis of federal-level data is probably unjustified.