It is a very small minority making up these OPINION Polls, being touted as the Voice of the American People doing it. I believe that the only important poll is the one taken on election day and people go to the "polls" and vote.
2006-10-01 10:36:19 · 10 answers · asked by Jean R 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Some are good, and get a representative sample of the population, Some only poll people that favor the candidate that paid for the poll. Some are push polls the try to make you fell stupid for supporting the opponent of the candidate that paid for the poll. I found it important to vote for the candidate that tells you what they are going to do, and not for the one that tells you what their opponent is going to do.
2006-10-01 10:40:08 · answer #1 · answered by kniggs 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you up to a point but you're not going far enough. What's blocking you is a naive faith in the integrity of the voting process, a system that in many states and most large cities has been profoundly corrupt for centuries. The rise of "electronic voting" has made this problem worse by an order of magnitude.
If a group of sociopaths was able to gain control of both polling companies and voting machine companies, then the synergy they could set up would be incredible. They could use controlled polls to create a illusion of popular support for a candidate and then use hacked voting machines to put him over the top. I believe this is happening right now with this supposed rebound of George Bush's approval rating.
Before some Republican true believer calls me a "left-wing moonbat", let me say that I'm one of the least liberal people you're ever going to meet. A lot of conservatives (real conservatives anyway) loathe Bush and his neocon puppetmasters, and for very good reason....
2006-10-01 11:22:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Polls are BS. You can ask any question and get the answer you want depending on who you ask and how you frame the question. Don't pay attention to opinion polls. Additionally, you are right, they poll 2000 to 5000 people and this is supposed to represent the entire country. I don't think so.
2006-10-01 10:39:17 · answer #3 · answered by Jeff F 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Only people who have time to waste answering polls aren't doing anything useful anyway...
The real polling that matters as YOU noted is what happens at the ballot box...
2006-10-01 10:40:27 · answer #4 · answered by juandos 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you, especially with exit polls. It seems many voters say one thing to the poll takers and do something entirely different in the voting booth.
2006-10-01 10:43:27 · answer #5 · answered by Feathery 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree. Like that last poll that claimed the Iraq people want us gone. But they asked 150 Sunni Iraqi's, well, considering we removed them from power, I would have expected 100% to wish us gone. Polls are used to convince those that cannot think to believe a certain point.
2006-10-01 10:44:38 · answer #6 · answered by Meow the cat 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I agree. Overall, they suck. The pollsters interview 1000 people or less and say they represent everyone! Have you even ever known anyone who was polled?
2006-10-01 10:54:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
One of the oldest sayings in statistics is: “Figures don’t lie, by liars figure.” This applies equally and especially to political pollsters.
2006-10-01 10:45:37 · answer #8 · answered by damdawg 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its all bull i never think the polsters get a good sampling . i have never been asked
2006-10-01 10:42:32 · answer #9 · answered by 69 impala 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They are opinionated, that's my opinion
2006-10-01 10:38:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋