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To: curiosity
31% vs. 33%. Not a huge difference, IMHO. Probably within the margin of error. Not worth quibbling over.

True, if that's the only difference between the freeper voters and the others. But when you look at those voting "Yes" (those who want creationism in science class) you see something very interesting. Among registered freepers, that vote is now 56%, and almost 11% are undecided or pass.

But among non-registered voters, the "Yes" vote is much higher. It's now 63.9%, and non-registered voters who are undecided or pass are only 6.3%. Big difference. Isn't it surprising that so few of them are in the undecided or pass groups? Something peculiar is going on here.

Registered freepers can only vote once (per screen name, of course). That's the most reliable vote. I have no idea what's going on with the others, but I'm starting to wonder.

178 posted on 09/23/2006 1:05:00 PM PDT by PatrickHenry (Science-denial is not conservative. It's reality-denial and it's unhealthy.)
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To: PatrickHenry
I have no idea what's going on with the others, but I'm starting to wonder.

"Stand by listeners..... the votes from Chicago are just beginning to be tallied, and a curious trend is emerging..."

180 posted on 09/23/2006 1:17:36 PM PDT by longshadow (FReeper #405, entering his ninth year of ignoring nitwits, nutcases, and recycled newbies)
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To: PatrickHenry
Well, undecided pattern you are noticing doesn't seem all that strange to me.

Consider this alternative hypothesis. My hunch is that most of the non-freeper voters are banned former freepers. People who are banned tend to have stronger opinions. There's a correlation between holding strong opinions and a tendency to get into flame wars. That accounts for fewer undecideds amoung the non-freepers. If creationists make up a larger proportion of those who get banned, that would account for the higher proportion of non-freepers voting "yes."

If the non-freeper results really are due to cheating, I think we'd see a much higher "yes" proportion. 63% is not all that high.

But I agree, the registered freeper poll is probably more accurate, as that is harder to cheat.

185 posted on 09/23/2006 1:57:16 PM PDT by curiosity
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