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| 2015-05-09 |
| [RUDAW.NET] All polls were wrong. Everyone thought that it was neck and neck between the two main parties and some inclined, like me, to think the Conservatives would return with the Liberal Democrats. The Conservatives astonished everyone, perhaps themselves included, by securing a major victory and can govern alone. The Liberal Democrats were smashed. The Scottish National Party (SNP) destroyed Labour in Scotland. Labour is a shadow of its former self. Heads have rolled. Its Leader Ed Miliband has resigned, having lost key strategists including the shadow Chancellor and shadow Foreign Minister. Other leaders have gone. Kurds will also be happy to see the back of  George Galloway... a British national embarrassment, not particularly honest, more fond of dictators and terrorists than he is of his native countrymen except at the peak of the election cycle ... whose own indefatigability ended with a dose of self-conceited pomposity as he declared in his concession speech that 'The hyena can bounce on the lion's grave but it can never be a lion and in any case, I'm not in my grave.' |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 There's also those naughty people who lie to pollsters cause well, they're enablers for the MSM (Mainstream Morons) |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2015-05-09 14:43 |
| #9 I have amused myself by insisting all valid polls must begin with the question "What state is Columbus, Ohio the capital of?" |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-05-09 12:37 |
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| Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 2015-05-09 11:47 |
| #7 There are two ways to do polls. The first is to ask carefully worded questions to seek out the truest unguided responses from a representative sample. These are the expensive private polls politicians use to guide their decisions. The second is to ask carefully worded questions that drive guided responses ("Do you think those poor Palestinians need to be protected from Israeli aggression, or should we force Israel to stop?"). Those are considerably less expensive, and the results are widely publicized. Here in southwest Ohio, which for some reason is of great interest to political pollsters of all sorts as the next election approaches, I've amused myself by explaining to the person who called me why various questions are impossible to answer, and what they should have asked instead. Teachable moments, especially since these things are supposedly taped for management review. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2015-05-09 11:40 |
| #6 I always figured the polls were propaganda, maybe based around supressing the vote of the people they don't like. You know, resistance is useless and all that. And it may have worked, in a way, if it convinced enough people to vote Tory instead of UKIP. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2015-05-09 10:28 |
| #5 JohnQC, Exactly - I've been saying for a while that in 2016 you will see the US media just come out and say that you might as well vote for Hillary because everyone else is. I'd like to think that the UK's experience over the last few days might give pause, but I ain't hopeful. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2015-05-09 09:06 |
| #4 The MSM does report their "Wishful thinking," not what actually is trending. They are also trying to create an attitude of an inevitable outcome or a bandwagon effect in the voters for the lefty candidate of their choosing. They should stick to reporting in the garden section or obits and leave the heavy stuff to "real" reporters if there are any out there anymore. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2015-05-09 08:08 |
| #3 g(r)om nails it. The media in Israel, US, UK, et al. trend hard left in their political views. Like good progressives everywhere they see everything through the lens of their narrative. If the item under discussion cannot be made to fit their agenda then it is ignored. "I don't know anyone who voted for Nixon" could be their motto, as they play in their echochamber. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2015-05-09 07:32 |
| #2 All polls were wrong. Everyone thought that it was neck and neck between the two main parties Frontrunner Clinton ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-05-09 05:30 |
| #1 All polls were wrong. Everyone thought that it was neck and neck between the two main parties Happens every election in Israel. The "cognitive elites" are not really good at distinguishing between their desires and laws of nature---kinda like a bunch of overindulged third graders. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-05-09 05:22 |