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Thread ID: 94409 2008-10-28 06:11:00 Anyone noticed completely biased polls? Netsukeninja (13296) PC World Chat
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715336 2008-10-28 06:11:00 I was looking at TV3's election site (http://www.decision08.co.nz ) and I noticed that the polls seem to be being manipulated. On the most recent poll it shows Rodney Hide as being the best performer in last nights minor party debate. A whopping 76% of 'the people' thought that he was the best.

www.decision08.co.nz

I also noticed how easy it was to manipulate those polls, vote, clear the cookie, and vote again, something for the Young Nats to do?

Here's my favourite:


Do you believe that Lockwood Smith's comments regarding Asian and Pacific Island workers are inappropriate for a senior politician of his stature to be making?

Yes 20%
No 79%
Don't know 1%
Netsukeninja (13296)
715337 2008-10-28 06:46:00 Perhaps its indicative of the superiour intelligence of people who vote on Polls at stuff.co.nz

That second poll looks mighty fine to me, They were some practical comments blown way out of proportion by a bunch of clowns looking for attention.
Metla (12)
715338 2008-10-28 07:02:00 Want to talk about poll manipulation? Read this: www.kiwiblog.co.nz somebody (208)
715339 2008-10-28 07:27:00 I also noticed how easy it was to manipulate those polls, vote, clear the cookie, and vote again, something for the Young Nats to do?

Here's my favourite:
Easy as to write a VB script to do that.
pine-o-cleen (2955)
715340 2008-10-28 08:16:00 Want to talk about poll manipulation? Read this: www.kiwiblog.co.nz

Load of paranoid rightwing ranters.
They'll be claiming next that the election results were rigged.

Martynz
martynz (5445)
715341 2008-10-28 09:01:00 so, nobody noticed my deliberate mistake? Metla (12)
715342 2008-10-28 09:13:00 I'd vote that way in the polls... can't see why they'd be rigged, given how unimportant they are. Rodney Hide is a good guy, great speaker so I don't see why he shouldn't do well in something like that. Don't get me started on his politics though, definitely won't be voting his way.

Those Labour adds on JK are appalling. Surely they want to say what they want to do, and not just make the other guy look bad? That's just bad sportsmanship, which kiwis will never buy. They're idiots for thinking that we would.

Anyway, for a bleeding heart liberal I'm starting to sound very conservative. WTF is going on?

What mistake Metla? Superiour? Meh.
Thebananamonkey (7741)
715343 2008-10-28 09:14:00 Any poll that disagrees with me is fatally flawed. R2x1 (4628)
715344 2008-10-28 09:20:00 What mistake Metla? Superiour? Meh.

The polls being referred to aren't on stuff.co.nz.....
Metla (12)
715345 2008-10-28 09:39:00 Any poll that disagrees with me is fatally flawed.

We have a realist amongst us. :)

There may be no "i" in team, but there is an M and an E. Or something...
Thebananamonkey (7741)
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