Another piece of evidence pointing towards the validity of my theory that about 10% of people will give wrong or inconsistent answers to poll questions: a Public Policy Polling study on the birther phenomenon that found that 6% of Americans don't believe that Hawaii is part of the United States, and a further 4% aren't sure.
After thinking more about the issue, however, I've started to wonder how much of this is due to people lying. If a pollster called me up, depending on my mood I might be inclined to answer that Obama was born in France and that Hawaii is actually part of Indonesia. Is people lying a problem in polling?
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