Serious question: why does anyone pay attention to polls right now?

Erin Elizabeth

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Wed Aug-20-08 06:56 PM
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Serious question: why does anyone pay attention to polls right now?

The conventions haven't even happened yet. It's not even September.

All it seems to do is make people crazy.

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Motown_Johnny

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Wed Aug-20-08 06:57 PM
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1. Boredom? Paranoia? Insomnia?

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gblady

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Wed Aug-20-08 07:48 PM
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8. all of the above....

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Zavulon

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Wed Aug-20-08 06:57 PM
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2. Recommended.

I wish more people thought like this.

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high density

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Wed Aug-20-08 06:59 PM
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3. These people want to win the election that is in September I guess

There's no sense worrying about anything this far out.

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Erin Elizabeth

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Wed Aug-20-08 07:00 PM
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4. I look at polls starting about the week before the election.

Even then, they can have a pretty wide margin of error. Shrug.

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TheCowsCameHome

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Wed Aug-20-08 07:00 PM
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5. I guess if your candidate is ahead, you love the polls

Edited on Wed Aug-20-08 07:01 PM by Lastlaughin08

if not, they get on your nerves.

Still a long way to go..............Obama will do it.

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Erin Elizabeth

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Wed Aug-20-08 07:01 PM
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6. Exactly, so they end up making you crazy.

Which is why I wondered if maybe there was some solid reason I wasn't seeing for looking at them this far out.

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NatBurner

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Wed Aug-20-08 07:10 PM
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7. it would be different if they didn't do it every day

if they were monthly- weekly, even

but no-

they're daily. and they poll wha? 250? 500 people at a time? and that's supposed to be the mood of the country? bullshit, says i

also

at that rate? you'd think they woulda got around to polling ME once or twice, but nada so far. i wait and i wait... i'm starting to feel like some kind of outcast :(

but seriously, piss on these polls

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Captain Hilts

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Wed Aug-20-08 07:51 PM
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9. Correct. nt

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