Quote from Kirk in Tippecanoe and Taylor, Too
Kirk: I took it upon myself to poll the town, and I think you're gonna be pretty happy with the results. Sookie: We are? Kirk: Jackson is solidly in the lead. Sookie: Already? Lorelai: We just started bugging people. Kirk: Well, I modeled my poll after the Gallup poll. The Gallup poll uses a sample of 1,005 voters to represent the 280 million people of the United States. Using that logic, the correct sampling size of the town of Stars Hollow would be 0.002. Rounding that up means one person needs to be polled, so I picked me. Lorelai: You polled yourself? Kirk: I was right there. Seemed like a perfect opportunity.