Thursday, October 25, 2007
Polls How Legitimate are They?
Today in AP Gov, Mr. Gwaltney was discussing polls and what an influential role it plays for politicians from all spectrums. It even provides the oracle from the politician to what people want and what their beliefs are. I thought it was interesting how valuable these polls are, and so important that presidents in the past have funded people to establish polls for their personal benefit and gain. Do you think polls are always a good way to predict people's views and opinions, to especially someone as influential as presidential canidates? Not only are polls helpful to important issues and policies, the simple approval of president by the American people is one that has been updated quite frequently. My reaction to all of this change in politics of blogs, polls, and youtube speeches, is the fact that are we going to believe everything that is presented to us as legitimate, or are they not the best sources to fall back on. I checked out one of the common website for polls : pollster.com, this website shows a bunch of popular polls that feed into the website almost monthly. One interesting one that really caught my eye is whether truthfully we like or dislike the president. Do you approve? See if your opinion is well represented in the poll.http://www.pollster.com/presbushapproval.php
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Hello!!!!!! Ok let's do this. I think polls are not accurate. That's right! I think they are not accurate because people don't really take it seriously. Also, it's hard to find people that are interested in politics. Polls are somewhat inaccurate. Shout out to my momma!!! I love you mom. Peace out!!!!
I think that polls can be extremely beneficial if they are done the right way. They can be a clutch part of campaigning politically in addition to very valuable in terms of business. However, polls that are not accurate are much more of a hindrance than anything useful. All in all I think it is extremely difficult to poll people because only the dedicated will be legitimate and therefore, the poll falls short. I feel it is almost impossible to be accurate.
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