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Grex > Agora35 > #204: The will of the people has been denied, the winner loses | |
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gelinas
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response 90 of 96:
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Dec 20 04:04 UTC 2000 |
Too bad we can't generate random answers for the pollsters. Opposite
responses can still be used to generate accurate results. We need to
answer "Daffy Duck" and "Donald Duck" to all such questions. :)
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rcurl
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response 91 of 96:
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Dec 20 05:56 UTC 2000 |
But there will be a mix of true and opposite answers. A campaign like
this would only catch on with a fraction of the electorate - those
that dislike the consequences of exit polling.
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gelinas
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response 92 of 96:
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Dec 20 05:58 UTC 2000 |
That would work. The fictional characters would be discarded before the
tabulation, so they would work ONLY if _everyone_ cooperated.
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keesan
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response 93 of 96:
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Dec 20 16:24 UTC 2000 |
Jim was thinking of telling the pollsters that he voted opposite of the way
he did so more people would come out and vote for his candidate since there
vote would count. But nobody asked him.
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polygon
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response 94 of 96:
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Dec 20 21:54 UTC 2000 |
There's some speculation that exit polling was less accurate this year
than ever because of the increasing prevalance of absentee voting.
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polygon
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response 95 of 96:
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Dec 20 21:57 UTC 2000 |
Re 87. If people are so willing to leave voting lines because "someone
said" the election was over, then that makes them vulnerable to all kinds
of partisan rumormongering.
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other
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response 96 of 96:
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Dec 22 06:03 UTC 2000 |
It is an example of an unfortunately typical shortsightedness to look at
exit polls and their effects and advocate their ban as a solution, when
the real solution is to mount a voter education campaign encouraging
people to do their civic duty and vote their consciences without regard
to exit polls.
It is a basic mark of such shortsightedness to promote legislation in
place of education.
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