You Can't Trust the Polls
It's true, ladies and gentlemen; polls have been proven often to be nothing more than fluff and twaddle, yet people today give them an inordinate amount of time and attention. Many people claim that polls are bent in whatever direction the news media decide to bend them, which ends up being mostly to the left. I agree with this, because it's obvious that the news media is dominated by liberals, and I also believe that nothing can be reported without some kind of bias (FOX News junkies, feel free to be deflated at this point).
So we should really just disregard polls entirely, right? Possibly. I do think that polls can serve a purpose in their own right. While they are terribly poor indicators of the true national situation and also what will be the national situation on election day, they do give something of a glimpse at possible trends. They also make lots and lots of political noise, something which is apparently a highly valued thing in the business.
The reason I bring all this up is that today a tiny little survey was taken of my U.S. Diversity class on the presidential candiates. About 65% to 75% of my class of 30 kids supported George Dubya Bush! This completely shocked me, to be honest. I would have expected more around 25% to 35% in favor of W, especially at my school, and especially in that class. I then came home to find that Gallup and USA Today polls confirmed this trend towards supporting the President. Personally, I think that after the debates this election will turn into a complete rout. There aren't enough completely stupid morons out there to elect John Kerry... or are there?
So we should really just disregard polls entirely, right? Possibly. I do think that polls can serve a purpose in their own right. While they are terribly poor indicators of the true national situation and also what will be the national situation on election day, they do give something of a glimpse at possible trends. They also make lots and lots of political noise, something which is apparently a highly valued thing in the business.
The reason I bring all this up is that today a tiny little survey was taken of my U.S. Diversity class on the presidential candiates. About 65% to 75% of my class of 30 kids supported George Dubya Bush! This completely shocked me, to be honest. I would have expected more around 25% to 35% in favor of W, especially at my school, and especially in that class. I then came home to find that Gallup and USA Today polls confirmed this trend towards supporting the President. Personally, I think that after the debates this election will turn into a complete rout. There aren't enough completely stupid morons out there to elect John Kerry... or are there?
