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2015-05-09 Britain

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Posted by Fred 2015-05-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#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|| 2015-05-09 05:22|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2015-05-09 05:30|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2015-05-09 07:32|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2015-05-09 08:08|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2015-05-09 09:06|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2015-05-09 10:28|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2015-05-09 11:40|| Front Page Top

Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2015-05-09 11:47|| 2015-05-09 11:47|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2015-05-09 12:37|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2015-05-09 14:43|| Front Page Top

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