"Fourteen percent of all people know that."
I've been thinking for some time now that publishing the results of polls is the MSM's way of swaying political opinion. Since high school economics class nearly 20 years ago, I've been aware of the 'bandwagon' technique. You show people that a LOT of other people are doing X and the people who are doing Y suddenly feel the need to do X. It's peer pressure.
For weeks the MSM has been shoving endless polls down our throats saying that our neighbors are voting Democrat because of whatever reason they want to fabricate. Now, I have proof. From the home of the hanging chads comes this story. Some bozo and her boss go to vote early, however, the bozo's boss can't figure out how to vote for Jim Davis. (Ploy 1 - show how these 2 idiots are voting for the Democrat). Once they finally get the 'irregularity' straightened out, we get this quote from the bozo: "It worries me because the races are so close" (Ploy 2 - allow bozo to throw out unsubstantiated statement that is a result of the MSM's constant barrage of polls).
Let's use the Florida governor's race, shall we? According to Rasmussen Reports, the aforementioned race ISN'T CLOSE. In the most recent poll, Crist has an 11 point lead. Even if the 7% undecided ALL vote for Davis, CRIST STILL WINS. However, the News-Press has a quote in a story today stating "Davis...is closing a substantial gap in the polls..." There's no link to the 'polls' they reference. There's also no data in the story saying what kind of lead Crist 'had'.
I hate polls. The only 'polls' that matter are the ones held on the first Tuesday in November. I think they're misleading and skewed by the pollsters. This is regardless of who says who's winning. What this country needs isn't polls. It is the data about the candidates. What experience do they have? What have they done in office prior to now? What do they say they're going to do? How often have they DONE what they said they were going to do? This is the information people need to make an INFORMED decision about who to vote for.

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Welcome aboard Dan!
Posted by: Steve
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October 31, 2006 07:45 AM