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To: Rokke
Your logical fallacy is over-generalization. General approval ratings do not translate into approval or disapproval of specific policies. As I demonstrated the American public wants less immigration (legal and illegal) and has held this opinion for some time. And I wouldn't be proud to quote an organization that has as its claim to fame that "50 TV News Organizations Count on SurveyUSA." Survey methodology matters. The quick look I did at their track record shows their results to be variable (i.e. some outside of expected accuracy +/-).
84 posted on 06/15/2006 10:05:32 AM PDT by RKV ( He who has the guns, makes the rules.)
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To: RKV
"General approval ratings do not translate into approval or disapproval of specific policies."

Nor do national polls indicate the priorities in local races. Which is exactly what we are talking about with Senators and Congressmen.

Having said all that, I still believe all polls are bogus and cannot be relied on as the foundation of any argument (other than the argument that all polls are bogus) which is THE point I made in my first post. The only "polls" that really matter are elections, and when the status quo is maintained come November, what is that going to indicate with regard to the public's view on immigration?

93 posted on 06/15/2006 10:19:18 AM PDT by Rokke
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