Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 03:27 PM 2/16/03 -0500, bdcolen wrote: >Uh, I don't think so, Marc -The latest NYT-CBS poll found that while 2/3 >of Americans do, indeed, support going to war in Iraq at some point, 59 >percent support giving inspections more time. BD It is a refrreshing reality that you are not involved in politics! Look CLOSELY at how the questions are worded and the response group. A poll, like this, with a loosely-worded query and simply open to all tells us little. Look more carefully at the polls restricted to those who identify themselves at having voted at three of the past five general elections, or the like. Politicians really don't care a lot about folks who don't vote, but are VERY persuaded by that Probable Voter. (And there are other skews in poll results that it takes some experience to discover, as well, but the politicians know them all ... ) Marc msmall@infi.net FAX: +276/343-7315 Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html