Thank you for the citations. It still sounds like a Putinesque (=small man) Gremlin to me. Maybe I am just jaded from all the horror polls which seems designed to cause people to be resigned to the inevitable and just quit.
When was the last time you were asked to be in a poll? I wonder how many Bulwarkians have been asked, in person so they could see to whom they were speaking, by a reputable pollster (if that is not a contradiction in terms), to provide answers to questions without knowing if those answers were recorded at all, let alone accurately.
Why is it that the human mind gives more credence to what an unknown entity says unknown people say they think about an event that is to happen in the future, enough more to take it to the bank than what their friends and acquaintances say? Could it be that that that has occurred to the degree that it is taken as gospel since the advent of the internet and telephone polling?
I've said it before and indubitably will need to again, but the only poll that counts is the one where I cast a vote on election day (or make use of a mail-in ballot before hand).
I agree with you on this. Honestly I can't say when the last time was that I participated in a phone poll, as I usually do not answer anymore if I do not have a good idea of who is calling. Like you, I soothe my conscience on that by making sure to participate in the polls that actually matter -- elections, be they local, state, or national.
It was highlighted on their programming yesterday and a feature on their website, specifically using the word "nostalgia" as part of the analysis.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/28/politics/biden-trump-nostalgia/index.html
Thank you for the citations. It still sounds like a Putinesque (=small man) Gremlin to me. Maybe I am just jaded from all the horror polls which seems designed to cause people to be resigned to the inevitable and just quit.
When was the last time you were asked to be in a poll? I wonder how many Bulwarkians have been asked, in person so they could see to whom they were speaking, by a reputable pollster (if that is not a contradiction in terms), to provide answers to questions without knowing if those answers were recorded at all, let alone accurately.
Why is it that the human mind gives more credence to what an unknown entity says unknown people say they think about an event that is to happen in the future, enough more to take it to the bank than what their friends and acquaintances say? Could it be that that that has occurred to the degree that it is taken as gospel since the advent of the internet and telephone polling?
I've said it before and indubitably will need to again, but the only poll that counts is the one where I cast a vote on election day (or make use of a mail-in ballot before hand).
I agree with you on this. Honestly I can't say when the last time was that I participated in a phone poll, as I usually do not answer anymore if I do not have a good idea of who is calling. Like you, I soothe my conscience on that by making sure to participate in the polls that actually matter -- elections, be they local, state, or national.
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