Election polls don’t mean squat. I’ve been sitting here watching the evening news and all you here is this election poll says this and that election poll says that. The reality is that while polls can be used as a tool by political analysts, they really should not be considered the decisive factor in who will govern our Country in the years to come.
I personally rarely give any attention to the presidential election polls but after hearing co-workers talking today over lunch I really started to look at them tonight. One person actually said the election is over according to the election polls and didn’t know if they would even bother voting.
The biggest problem I have with the presidential election polls is the amount of news coverage they receive. I have to wonder how many people base their voting decisions based solely on the news coverage of the election polls like my co-worker above. I hope people realize that many of these polls are based on a sampling of just a couple thousand voters or less. Depending on which particular election news reports you watch the number may actually be far less. I don’t know about you but I sure don’t want 1000 people deciding who wins or doesn’t win this year’s Presidential election.
Here are a few examples of the presidential election polls:
Gallop poll results for Oct 4th-6th is based on a sample of only 2747 registered voters.
Rasmussen Daily Presidential tracking poll is derived from a sample of 1000 voters per day.
Zogby poll is conducted on approximately 1200 voters per day.
The remainder of the election polls mostly published by the major television news stations all used samples well under 1000 likely voters per day. Now I don’t know about you but the last time I looked there were far more people in Indiana than that. While I do understand the need for some sort of means to measure the current mindset of the potential voting population, I’m afraid too many people will look at the prediction polls and say “ Bah no need for me to vote now”. No matter whom you are planning on voting for don’t put all your faith in the news media and the many different political expert polls. Do your own research, watch the Belmont Presidential Debate, evaluate the facts and cast your vote based on your findings. Ok that is the last you’ll hear from me on this year’s Presidential election. I just had to get that off my chest, lol.
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I know this is neither here nor there, but I would like to read some comments about a matter that has been bothering me. My child attends Bellmont and has to take a government course to graduate. However, because this is an election year, the teacher deems it neccesary to expouse his views and bring in the Adams County Chairperson and have a chart of who is running for office in Adams County. Now this is all well and good for those students who are 18 and ready to vote for the first time. But, all he is telling students in ALL THE FRIGGIN INFORMATION OF ONE FRIGGIN PARTY! Shouldn’t he be unbiased? Fair? Any comments, Admin?
The teacher should invite reps. from both the Democratic and Republican party, so the students can decide whom to vote for if they are old enought to do so. I would be interested to see what both sides offer to the voters, so I could decide. He should have had both in to talk to the students. I bet the students hear about who the parents are voting for at home, though.
My opinion, and VOTE. Adams county needs more young people to vote, and have a voice….not just the same old, same old ones voting. VOTE!!! for a change!!!!!!
This biased presentation of political views in the schools is nothing new. I’ve not heard from my kids about it, but since they aren’t old enough to vote yet I’m sure they dont care. I’m just guessing but were the people invited to class Democrats? Democrats have a long standing with the teachers union. I fully agree that both side should always be presented but this is definately nothing new. Unless things have changed they still teach evolution and dont dare touch on any other theories. I’ve made a point to explain these type of situations to my kids and encourage them to challange any teacher that presents one sided facts or opinions about politics, science , ethics or any other topics discussed in school. I am happy to say so far so good. I’ve heard from more than one teacher that one of my kids demands the facts!!! They should teach more critical thinking in school then kids will have a better understanding between facts and opinions.
Thank you all for your comments. It seems the teacher will be having the other party representatives next week. My student was one of the ones interviewed for the Decatur Daily Dumocrat ( spelled correctly) when voter registration was done at Bellmont, with my student’s picture in the paper. I just cannot understand how sad it is that a teacher can be allowed to spew lies and biased propoganda for certain candidates and not even once entertain a fair delivery of information to these first time voters. Thanks again for letting me vent!!!
That’s good to hear. I’m glad the teacher has decided to be fair and show both political candidates views
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