That's for sure, there are currently over 30,000 votes!! I'd guess that nearly
all those votes must be dodgy.
I'll take this opportunity to mention that after the recent discussions about
multiple voting, etc, on The Age's poll about the duck season, I and some
others received a mildly threatening email about it from the owner of a
hunting/fishing shop. We're being watched.
Peter Shute
wrote on Friday, 13 March 2009 12:31 PM:
> Well, that is a fine example of on-line poll rigging. It
> certainly shows how spurious on-line polls can be. All they
> show is that a certain percentage of respondents agree or
> disagree with the question posed. What next, a poll asking if
> drunkenness is an acceptable defence for murder or rape? I am
> sure that could be rigged just as easily.
>
> I often wonder, when looking at results of on-line or ring-in
> polls, if there is any way that staff in the organisations
> running the polls can "adjust" the polls to reach a desired result in
> such polls.
>
> Carl Clifford
>
>
> On 13/03/2009, at 12:09 PM, Paul & Irene Osborn wrote:
>
> The current Herald-Sun poll is "Should children be encouraged
> to shoot animals?". Currently running at 92% Yes (it's character
> building).
>
> http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25169732-2862,00.html
>
> Paul Osborn
>
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