I see new polls being talked about everyday on the different news channels like Bush approval ratings and '08 candidates... not once have I been asked any of those questions. They therefore do not reflect my approval OR disapproval of anything.
2007-06-15 14:24:21 · 18 answers · asked by TJ815 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
it's been proven they don't mean squat. at least in my mind.
2007-06-15 14:30:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
The AP is the oldest and maximum respected college soccer poll in united statesa., and it remains the main customary proclaimer of the national champion. to declare that The AP would not recommend squat shows which you haven't any longer been staring in school soccer very long. The BCS won't be able to call a champion. in undemanding terms the polls can proclaim a champion, and the AP is the granddaddy of all of them.
2016-10-17 10:16:22 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats true, the only poll that means anything is the one taken on election day. I can't see taking the opinions of a couple thousand people and presenting it as the National opinion. Specially since depending on where the poll is taken you can get 2 seperate outcomes.
2007-06-23 09:08:23 · answer #3 · answered by smsmith500 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends entirely on who is doing the poll, and what questions they ask. You can skew a poll to get the answers you want by asking specially designed questions. Many times a pollster will ask a question and give you only 2 answers to choose from. If neither really fits how you feel, you have to pick the that is closest. That's one way they manipulate the outcome, or misinterpret the outcome.
2007-06-15 14:31:36 · answer #4 · answered by Aegis of Freedom 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
This is not to argue with you. It is only to give you my idea of polls.
Lets take a national poll.
The poll will ask questions of a small group of people. (lets say 2000 persons).
That group of people is, according to the pollster, representative (pollsters have methods to find people who are representative) of the country.
The questions are simple enough so people understand them. Like for example:
"Who are you going to vote for, George W. Bush or John Kerry?"
The polls will only ask the question, of course, to registered voters.
The poll considers about 3 points (higher or lower), as the margin of error.
Have you noticed that, close to the end of a political campaign, those polls are amazingly close to the actual final results.
Very seldom are those national polls wrong by more than 5 to 6 points.
The polls participants are only a tiny fraction of the registered voters, aren't they.
In the 2004 presidential election more than 121 million people voted. Compare that figure with about 2500 people polled.
50.7% voted for Bush, 48.3% voted for Kerry
That was very close to the polls reported in the last days of the campaign.
2007-06-20 17:32:24 · answer #5 · answered by johnfarber2000 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Polls are based on the principles of statistics and a well designed poll can provide pretty accurate information, but polls can also be misleading. The methodology, sample size, formulation of question, margin of error, etc. can be evaluated to determine the validity of a poll. Whether not you personally have ever been polled is totally irrevalant to the validity of any particular poll.
2007-06-15 14:32:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
You're right. That's why people really shouldn't get into the fact that Hillary is above Obama by so many points everyday. And I have never been asked my opinion for a poll either.
2007-06-22 09:46:35 · answer #7 · answered by steelersfan2010 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
A poll is a attempt to get the general consensus. And if you don't trust them, just ask around. Not very many people are happy with what is happening to the US under G.W.
It is not rocket science!
2007-06-23 06:51:34 · answer #8 · answered by Regina 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Polls that are conducted, regulated, and propagandized by mass media Zionist productions are totally without merit.
30% of the public has turned off the "boob tube" totally because of the Zionist J-E-W thing whose interests are opposite of the entire worlds.
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There is no greater power in the world today than that wielded by the manipulators of public opinion in America. No king or pope of old, no conquering general or high priest ever disposed of a power even remotely approaching that of the few dozen men who control America's mass media of news and entertainment.
2007-06-21 17:07:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
if several different group do a similar poll and come up with similar numbers... then odds are... there's something to them...
most polls are pretty accurate most times... the ones I saw were inside the margin of error for Kerry-Bush in 04...
2007-06-15 14:33:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Pretty much. Most are simply skewed by the Pollsters to show the results they desire.
2007-06-23 13:24:45 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋