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A modest proposal regarding FR polls
shameless vanity posting | 12-08-04 | El Inquistador

Posted on 12/08/2004 10:51:41 AM PST by inquest

OK, got my flamesuit on here...

The last couple of polls on FR have been questions regarding issues which, I'd wager, most Freepers had little knowledge of at the time the question was asked. There was a poll as to who should be the next chairman of Senate Judiciary. Everybody of course knew about Arlen and his rather presumptive remarks directed at the President, but I don't think a lot of people were terribly familiar with the credentials of the other two senators who were named in the poll.

Likewise with the most recent poll, I doubt whether most Freepers knew at the time that Mr. Gonzales was a member of La Raza or that as a judge on the Texas supreme court, voted to "rule" that a minor doesn't have to obtain her parents' consent to obtain an abortion. I have a very strong feeling that if these facts had been known beforehand, the numbers would look starkly different from the way they currently do. Indeed, over time, the percentage in his favor has been steadily dropping.

Therefore I have this simple proposal for future polls: When a poll question is posted, I recommend to have it link to a thread discussing the question, and to not accept any votes for 24 hours, so that Freepers have the opportunity to hear the different arguments and cast an informed vote. Comments?


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1 posted on 12/08/2004 10:51:41 AM PST by inquest
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To: inquest

You're as bad as the Democrats, presuming that those who disagree with you must be ignorant of the facts.


2 posted on 12/08/2004 10:52:53 AM PST by dirtboy (Tagline temporarily out of commission due to excessive intake of gin-soaked raisins)
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To: dirtboy
Why should I presume that everyone knows everything about any question asked, from the moment it's asked? Is that a fair assumption?
3 posted on 12/08/2004 10:55:38 AM PST by inquest (Now is the time to remove the leftist influence from the GOP. "Unity" can wait.)
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To: inquest
I propose no polls aat all. The FR group as a whole is too homogeneous in their views, for the most part.
4 posted on 12/08/2004 10:57:40 AM PST by leadpencil1 (google "al-Taqiyya")
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To: inquest

I don't think that polls on FreeRepublic add any value whatsoever; the results for almost all of them could be predicted without conducting the poll. It is like polling delegates at the Democratic National Committee over whether they prefer the Democrat or the Republican. What's the point?


5 posted on 12/08/2004 10:58:05 AM PST by Scutter
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To: inquest

Disengenious. The people who post here are probably the most informed people on the planet, that's why they're here, not because they're ill-informed, but because they have a thirst for the issues that directly effect them.


6 posted on 12/08/2004 10:58:38 AM PST by BigSkyFreeper (Congratulations President-Re-Elect George W. Bush!)
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To: inquest

We should have a poll on it!


7 posted on 12/08/2004 10:58:57 AM PST by thoughtomator (Nobody expects the secular inquisition!)
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To: Scutter
I don't think that polls on FreeRepublic add any value whatsoever

Then ignore them.

8 posted on 12/08/2004 11:00:00 AM PST by BigSkyFreeper (Congratulations President-Re-Elect George W. Bush!)
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To: inquest

I knew about both those things.

I'm thinking we should have a poll about this thread.


9 posted on 12/08/2004 11:00:10 AM PST by stylin19a (Marines - filling up Iraq's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier)
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To: inquest; anniegetyourgun; onyx; dansangel; William Terrell

A conflicted 2. On the upside, there is an honest attempt to rectify a perceived problem by taking charge. On the downside, there is an honest attempt to rectify a perceived problem by taking charge.


10 posted on 12/08/2004 11:00:16 AM PST by johniegrad
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To: inquest

11 posted on 12/08/2004 11:00:39 AM PST by FreedomFarmer (*Mischief * Managed!*)
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To: Scutter
I don't think that polls on FreeRepublic add any value whatsoever

Again, I'd wager that the current poll, if the respondents had been aware of the relevant facts, would have proven most interesting indeed.

12 posted on 12/08/2004 11:00:47 AM PST by inquest (Now is the time to remove the leftist influence from the GOP. "Unity" can wait.)
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To: inquest

A person doesn't have to vote right away. The polls are up for a long, long time.


13 posted on 12/08/2004 11:01:41 AM PST by RightWhale (Destroy the dark; restore the light)
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To: inquest
Why should I presume that everyone knows everything about any question asked, from the moment it's asked? Is that a fair assumption?

Why should you assume that because a freeper disagrees with you, they must be ignorant of the facts? Most evidence I've seen on FR is the opposite - I knew both of those facts, for example - I happen to disagree with you regarding his abortion decision, I think it was a fairly narrow decision around the law in Texas at the time and does not give a good indication of his views on abortion. I knew he was a member of La Raza - but I don't know enough about what that group was like then versus what it is now, just as the NAACP used to be somewhat respectable but now is a con game.

14 posted on 12/08/2004 11:02:08 AM PST by dirtboy (Tagline temporarily out of commission due to excessive intake of gin-soaked raisins)
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To: johniegrad
On the upside, there is an honest attempt to rectify a perceived problem by taking charge. On the downside, there is an honest attempt to rectify a perceived problem by taking charge.

Ouch. My brain hurts.


15 posted on 12/08/2004 11:02:14 AM PST by dansangel (Thank you Veterans past and present!)
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To: inquest
I'm new here and think you have point, not to many people know very much about Gonzales... How can we judge him?
16 posted on 12/08/2004 11:03:14 AM PST by Echo Talon
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To: inquest

The polls here do not mean anything. It is more for fun.

If we wanted to know more about the subject matter there is always google.


17 posted on 12/08/2004 11:03:58 AM PST by Burlem
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To: BigSkyFreeper
The people who post here are probably the most informed people on the planet, that's why they're here, not because they're ill-informed, but because they have a thirst for the issues that directly effect them.

There are still going to be realistic limits. If a news item comes at them from out of the blue, and then they're expected to comment on it, does it make sense to assume that they're going to know enough about it to give an informed answer?

Having a thirst for information isn't the same as actually being informed. I made my proposal so that Freepers could have a chance to satisfy their thirst before answering the question being asked.

18 posted on 12/08/2004 11:04:58 AM PST by inquest (Now is the time to remove the leftist influence from the GOP. "Unity" can wait.)
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To: dirtboy
Why should you assume that because a freeper disagrees with you, they must be ignorant of the facts?

I'm not assuming that on that basis.

19 posted on 12/08/2004 11:06:38 AM PST by inquest (Now is the time to remove the leftist influence from the GOP. "Unity" can wait.)
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To: stylin19a
I'm thinking we should have a poll about this thread.

Sure, I'd go for that.

20 posted on 12/08/2004 11:07:19 AM PST by inquest (Now is the time to remove the leftist influence from the GOP. "Unity" can wait.)
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