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Originally posted by nursery:
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"Polls" are often found wanting. Polls can be manipulated to get the required result or just be innacurate. The result can be varied depending on the way the questions are worded, who is actually asked the question and when the question is asked. For example if there is a very hot day that you ask, is there global warming then the answer is more likely to get a yes than if you asked it on a very cold day. If asked during a bushfire and a drought the yes vote would be more dominant than if you asked the question during a bleak wet day in the mu\iddle of a flood.
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Good one mate. I once said on HC that I could design a poll to get whatever answer you wanted. I was NOT kidding. But I can assure you if I did that at Uni, I would have been kicked out with a size 14 (forget the size 12)! That really is one of the things I learnt at Uni - the value of polls - approaches zero. At best it gives you an indication, that is all. Rely on it at your peril.
