Full Version: How would you vote in a presidential poll?
I have received at least 3 phone calls in the past several weeks asking me to answer a few questions about the presidential election. I have told them each time I am undecided. Of course I am going to vote for Kerry but I was wondering how it would affect the polls if I told them each time I was going to vote for Bush. Would it matter if the polls looked more favorable to Bush and a lot of the poll information was deliberately skewed? What are your thoughts? Would Shrub get cocky thinking his poll numbers were up.
of course, you can have the opposite affect. i talked to a kerry guy the other day (here in texas) who's not gonna' vote because the polls say kerry's got no chance to win this state...
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gadbearr:
I have received at least 3 phone calls in the past several weeks asking me to answer a few questions about the presidential election. I have told them each time I am undecided. Of course I am going to vote for Kerry but I was wondering how it would affect the polls if I told them each time I was going to vote for Bush. Would it matter if the polls looked more favorable to Bush and a lot of the poll information was deliberately skewed? What are your thoughts? Would Shrub get cocky thinking his poll numbers were up.
No, it would only dispirit Kerry supporters and might actually cause the momentum to stay on Bush's side, as faydman aluded to.
I have received at least 3 phone calls in the past several weeks asking me to answer a few questions about the presidential election. I have told them each time I am undecided. Of course I am going to vote for Kerry but I was wondering how it would affect the polls if I told them each time I was going to vote for Bush. Would it matter if the polls looked more favorable to Bush and a lot of the poll information was deliberately skewed? What are your thoughts? Would Shrub get cocky thinking his poll numbers were up.
Please tell that Texan who is sure Kerry will lose that state (and he will) to vote anyway; won't there be other candidates on the ballot, including Democrats who may be fighting for their re-districted House seat?
Also, in Colorado they are thinking of following Maine's lead of going to proportional apportionment of votes, which means that if Kerry were to win 45%-50% of the popular vote, he would actually get SOME of Colorado's electoral votes as opposed to the current winner-take-all system. In a very close election, that could put him over the top. Right now, I believe Ken Salazar, the half-Latino candidate for Senate, is running ahead of the GOPer, Coors, and if Salazar draws lots of voters to the polls, it could help Kerry. So people should ALWAYS vote, even if they live in states (like Georgia, Illinois, etc.) that tend to be slanted mostly to one party.
Gadbear, as for you original question, keep saying you're an independent. I just read that the Gallup poll that put W up by 13 points was, in fact, slanted towards GOP respondents! (Big surprise there....)
Also, in Colorado they are thinking of following Maine's lead of going to proportional apportionment of votes, which means that if Kerry were to win 45%-50% of the popular vote, he would actually get SOME of Colorado's electoral votes as opposed to the current winner-take-all system. In a very close election, that could put him over the top. Right now, I believe Ken Salazar, the half-Latino candidate for Senate, is running ahead of the GOPer, Coors, and if Salazar draws lots of voters to the polls, it could help Kerry. So people should ALWAYS vote, even if they live in states (like Georgia, Illinois, etc.) that tend to be slanted mostly to one party.
Gadbear, as for you original question, keep saying you're an independent. I just read that the Gallup poll that put W up by 13 points was, in fact, slanted towards GOP respondents! (Big surprise there....)
Texans who aren't going to vote since Kerry will lose Texas, PLEASE VOTE, anyway! Bush didn't even get 60% of the vote in Texas in 2000...let's get him below 55% this time! 
Make a statement that this state isn't going to roll over and give up on democrats! Plus, there are a lot of U.S. House seats up for grabs, too.
[ September 21, 2004, 10:30 AM: Message edited by: bobby78751 ]
Make a statement that this state isn't going to roll over and give up on democrats! Plus, there are a lot of U.S. House seats up for grabs, too.[ September 21, 2004, 10:30 AM: Message edited by: bobby78751 ]
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