I had decided not to comment on political polling during this election season. Although this post concerns the election, it isn't about polling. It isn't directly about research, but it does show the problems that can happen when numeric results are reported imperfectly, and, even more important, when reporting on the report confuses instead of clarifying. Today (10/7/08), I read a snippet from the Puget Sound Business Journal "Washington State Voter Registration hits 3.5 [...]