[EM] Re: A few more poll comments

2005-02-10 Thread MIKE OSSIPOFF
I´d said: About the hypothetical polling with verifiable results: For one voter to deceive another voter about things like who will have a majority or who will outpoll whom, it would be necessary to for him to know something that the other voter doesn´t know. I can´t deceive you about something

[EM] Re: A few more poll comments

2005-02-09 Thread Forest Simmons
What is the supposed purpose of pre-election popularity polls today? Is it just to entertain the voters? Is it just to satisfy their curiosity? Is it to help them make decisions about whom to vote for? If it is the latter, do those who commission and report these polls realize that they are engage