OReilly had a poll up about Bachmann and Palin...
Bachmann 60%
Palin 40%
and it only took him a week to get that poll number. Most polls, he leaves one day.
You can be certain that BOR didn’t leave it open in hopes of driving Palin’s count up.
It took a week for two reasons. First he liked the hits it gave his site and second he kept waiting for the result he wanted. When he didn’t get it, he made it up. I have no proof since he does not show a running total of votes while the poll is active, but knowing what a sleaze O’Reilly is, this theory makes the most sense.
When I voted, being leery of such poll results, I checked to see if one could vote twice or more, and you could. To get his desired results, O’Reilly probably hired ten people to vote repeats 24/7 for Bachmann, and their pay was based on quantity of votes they did.