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Kickstart
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PostPosted: 12:09 - 29 Jan 2009    Post subject: How to lie with opinion polls Reply with quote

Hi

Article on how those supporting speed cameras in one place in the USA manipulated opinion polls to give the results they wanted:-

https://radartest.com/article.asp?articleid=100611

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Keith
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Itchy
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PostPosted: 12:17 - 29 Jan 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quelle surprise, Labour have been doing this for years.

most famously the ID card one where ALL the anti's were stacked into one super complaint and thus gave a distorted pro ID card poll.
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PostPosted: 15:16 - 29 Jan 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

I thought everyone knew that it is not the questin but the way it is asked, who you ask it to and what answer do you want from the question.
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PostPosted: 16:52 - 30 Jan 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd be tempted to read it if it was formatted.
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Kickstart
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PostPosted: 18:36 - 30 Jan 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Phoenix wrote:
I'd be tempted to read it if it was formatted.


It was yesterday. Looks like it has got corrupted.

All the best

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