Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Say No to Pollsters
I found this over at the Huffington Post and am much in favor of boycotting all political polls moving forward. We have spent the past 2 years reading about this candidate or that candidate is leading, and when the citizens actually go to the polls, they go and do something different than what the pollsters were telling us previously. The political polling process is a joke and a farce and should be banished from our democracy.
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I'm 25 years old and from Los Angeles. Pollsters don't give a damn what I think.
Its interesting how the polls and the votes are so far off this year. I would bet money that its because the political class is ignoring the people under 30 but we're actually showing up to vote.
Jen,
I am not sure if the media does not care about those under 30, or that the under 30 crowd has historically not voted in enough numbers to justify being listened too.
I hope you are correct that a significant number of under 30 voters actually come to the polls through the remainder of the primary season, as well as the actual election in November.
The thing I find most farcical in this whole process is that these talking heads needs something interesting and attention grabbing enough to pontificate enough to keep people watching for 24-36 months before the general election. So they continue to pay for polls and debate the results, determine the front-runner, and take perverse pleasure in lambasting those in the lead and trailing far behind, just long enough for someone else to catapult to the lead, and then give the media ample time to knock them down.
Why is it that no one outside the media can knock them off their g-d damn pedastal? What a bunch of blow-hards, changing position as the wind blows.
When they call me I just tell them I am voting for the opposite of whoever they are and they hang up quick :)
Carol,
That is quite hysterical. I actually just met a guy who takes that theory a step further. He registered in the opposite political party, simply so he could vote for the worst candidate in the primary.
I thought it was pretty funny.
Thanks for the comment
Jeff
Carol,
That is quite hysterical. I actually just met a guy who takes that theory a step further. He registered in the opposite political party, simply so he could vote for the worst candidate in the primary.
I thought it was pretty funny.
Thanks for the comment
Jeff
Jeff,
I don't think this one can be pinned on the media. We are getting the same crappy news and advertisements as everyone else.
What we aren't getting are phone calls or stopped on the street. We get physically ignored by pollsters and candidates.
That's actually fine with me because I don't want the calls or mail box full of junk. But it could help to understand why the polls are ineffective this year more so than in years past. We used to be ignored and then therefore didn't vote. Now we're ignored and voting. It's shaking up the system a bit. I think it's pretty cool
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