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cliffelam  ·  4187 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: LGBT Fight starts in Michigan

They aren't surveying the general population or doing a census to get the 4% (or 5%) number - it's calculated by sample.

I suspect it is very accurate as social scientists have spent decades arguing over it.

-XC