The Iranian People Speak

Washington Post by Ken Ballen, Patrick Doherty | Jun. 15, 2009 (Poll)

The election results in Iran may reflect the will of the Iranian people. Many experts are claiming that the margin of victory of incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was the result of fraud or manipulation, but our nationwide public opinion survey of Iranians three weeks before the vote showed Ahmadinejad leading by a more than 2 to 1 margin -- greater than his actual apparent margin of victory in Friday's election. Full Story »

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 by Joey Baker - Jun. 15, 2009

The story itself is fine, but the survey it refers to is faulty. It's method was fine, but the percentages are misleading. See http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/06/did-polling-predict-ahmadinejad-victory.html

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