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New York Times Candidate Exclusion; Presidential Races Exclusionary Rules
Topic Started: Jan 20 2008, 07:15 PM (240 Views)
mynameis
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Thank you for contacting NYTimes.com

Currently on the results page, the candidates are ordered by the
number of delegates received by each under the Times' delegate
allocation standards.

For the candidates who have not received any delegates yet, which
currently includes Rudy Giuliani, Duncan Hunter, Ron Paul and Fred
Thompson, we have been using the candidates' ranking in national
polls as the factor in deciding who to include, since the page is
meant to be both a guide to both the completed contests and the
upcoming races.

The most recent Times/CBS News poll had Giuliani at 10%, Thompson at
8% and Paul at 5%. Other polls show similar trends -- see:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/us/republican_presidential_nomination-192.html

If Ron Paul pulls ahead of Thompson or Giuliani in the delegate
count, he'll be included on the page in place of them.

It's also worth pointing out that Paul and the other candidates in the lower tiers are all included in the individual state.

Regards,

Robert Peterson
NYTimes.com
Customer Service
www.nytimes./help
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so now polls are considered more important than real votes? Ron Paul has more votes than Giuliani. I guess that doesn't matter to NYTimes.
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Jan 21 2008, 04:29 PM
so now polls are considered more important than real votes? Ron Paul has more votes than Giuliani. I guess that doesn't matter to NYTimes.
Yes!

NY Times
 
since the page is meant to be both a guide to both the completed contests and the upcoming races.


They even explain why :)
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and that seems fair to you?
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Jan 21 2008, 04:36 PM
and that seems fair to you?
Sure? I mean if they claimed they were showing only history and included polls then it would be unfair, but if they're trying to give a guide to likely candidates it's important to take into account any bias from primaries already complete. You can hardly hold it against them that they clearly admit it?
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