***************** The Polling Station ********************
Nov. 4, 2004 218,329 Subscribers
Results You Will Not See Anywhere Else...
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Greetings citizen:
Well, we think the methodology employed by the Polling
Station was proven out. Zogby International predicted a 311
electoral win for Kerry. We missed PA, no doubt about it,
but we nailed the popular vote.
This experiment started out just to prove a polling
methodology. That was successful, but some point the
experiment changed. The polling actually took second place
to building a community of diverse political opinions. Think
about this real hard.
We had MoveOn.org, the left-leaning organization, advertise
with us. We had RightMarch.com, an ultra-conservative
organization, advertise inside issues. We have EVERY
political stripe reading this publication.
There are few organizations that can satisfy both
conservative and progressive constituencies. But we bridged
the gap with the Polling Station. We did this with keeping
the numbers pure and separate from our editorial comments.
When we decided to create this community, we let different
analysts from Henry, Sean and Jane express themselves
openly. Certainly this is not what conventional pollsters
do. Most HIDE BEHIND their biases. Here, we kept the numbers
UNBIASED and let the biases of our people flower. Readers
often misunderstood what we were doing.
90,000 people unsubscribed over the past 6 moths. That is an
astounding number. They couldn't take the purity of the
numbers and the impurity of the comments. We did not fit.
BUT WE CREATED SOMETHING SPECIAL TOGETHER. You do not see
reader comments with traditional pollsters either, yet this
is just one thing that made this special.
We are continuing this community and hope you stick around
as we move forward. We have had an extraordinary journey
together and we have places yet to travel. Thank you all
for making this a successful experiment that will certainly
change the way things are done in the future.
Warmest regards,
From the entire Polling Station team
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How Did We Do?
Polling Station ...... Reality ......... Zogby
Bush ...... 51% ........ 51% ......... 49%
Kerry ..... 47% ........ 48% ......... 49%
Nader et al 2% ........ 1% ......... 2%
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Polling Station ...... Reality ......... Marist
Bush ...... 51% ........ 51% ......... 49%
Kerry ..... 47% ........ 48% ......... 50%
Nader et al 2% ........ 1% ......... 1%
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Polling Station ...... Reality ......... Harris
Bush ...... 51% ........ 51% ......... 49%
Kerry ..... 47% ........ 48% ......... 48%
Nader et al 2% ........ 1% ......... 3%
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Polling Station ...... Reality ......... CNN
Bush ...... 51% ........ 51% ......... 49%
Kerry ..... 47% ........ 48% ......... 50%
Nader et al 2% ........ 1% ......... 1%
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Polling Station ...... Reality ......... Fox
Bush ...... 51% ........ 51% ......... 46%
Kerry ..... 47% ........ 48% ......... 48%
Nader et al 2% ........ 1% ......... 6%
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Our question of the week was rephrased. We're now asking:
Do you believe that EMBRYONIC stem cell research
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Reader Comments
I'm furious at myself for even letting myself read
this junk. -NES
[We are like chocolate, a guilty pleasure. -Jane]
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What is this poll? Something the Bush campaign thought up
to influence voters? I don't think it's a coincidence that
you guys predict a landslide win for bush THE NIGHT BEFORE
the election, when every other critical poll and source has
it deadlocked or Kerry winning by a small margin, its
bullshit and you guys know it, get out of Bush's pocket.
[If we were in Bush's pocket, we wouldn't have to sell
light pens to subsidize this. -Henry]
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I have a suggestion for your activities for the future. Use
the base that you have created with this poll to help
change the election system to eliminate the all-or-nothing
Electoral College voting system. I would prefer results
based on popular vote results, but we should at least get
to a proportional Electoral College result. - T. Cincotta
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I've read your comments this week, and it amazes me again
how finely drawn are party lines. People are angry at YOU
because the polls say Bush is leading. Irrational! -Mary
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I really enjoyed participating in your poll and bantering
occasionally with the staff concerning the "nature of a
conservative." I think that internet polling is the wave
of the future because all studies have shown that internet
communication is the most honest. -PID
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I want to tell you BEFORE the results are known that you
have indeed created a community and I enjoy being part of
it! It is great to be heard! I look forward to coming
events! -Pat
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I think that the results will not be accurate because I
know that I myself stopped reading the mail and responding
because it felt to me like it was just a bunch of pro bush
propaganda...And I'm sure others felt the same way. So I
can see why you feel the #s are pro bush...as probably a
lot of anti bush folks stopped responding to the polls. HM
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But in the end, you've collected thousands or tens of
thousands of email addresses and huckstered pens and flags
and coin purses (OK, so I bought a couple of coin purses
and they ARE pretty nice.), regardless of WHO wins.
[We honestly do not care who has won this election. This
experiment has taken on a whole new meaning as the community
has shared their passions. We are continuing this community
and will give you plenty of opportunity to express your
views and share them with the group. Thanks.]
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Of course you don't care who wins; You don't have a dog in
this fight. But you don't have a legitimate cross-section
of the electorate, either. So, sometime late this week I'll
get an email from you admitting that you were wrong, with
some mumbo-jumbo reference to The New Voters, and offering
to sell me glow-in-the-dark sneakers or something like that.
[Where can I get those shoes???]
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You people are a bunch of liars and hogwash, you lied about
taking this poll,your website is definitely to the far
right, you are not fair and non-partisan, you have no right
to claim a winner yet, it just goes to show how bias and
hypocritical your site is, you are trying to intimidate and
influence voters. You should be ashamed. Delete my darn
e-mail address from your listing, YOU IDIOTS!
[We either are getting these kinds of emails or those
blessing us for doing the Lord's work. Neither is correct.
We are just predicting and not advocating. -Steve]
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I sure hope you are right! I just got back from voting and
the lines are quite long for my area. It was fun filling out
the polls on this site, and again I hope and pray you are
correct. -Ceil
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Fortunately you morons will be proven decisively wrong
tonight. Immediately remove me from your e-mail list. I
will no longer subscribe or support a right wing biased
Karl Rove designed polling group. You should be ashamed of
yourselves. - Conover
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I don't appreciate your blatantly partisan polling and
biased results. You claim to be neutral but your comments
prove otherwise. -Kevin
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Thank you for sticking to your guns in spite of all the
naysayers that continually criticize your methods. Good job
well done. -G. Ferracone
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Excellent job. Your prediction regarding popular vote was
right on the money. You missed on Pennsylvania but it was
much closer than the networks thought after faulty exit
polls. Continue your experiment, you were as good as any
other poll. Just get off the judgment statements, saying
you are "anti-war" makes you look slanted (I'm a
conservative) but it didn't appear in your numbers, if you
can leave out the personal comments, you're better than all
existing polls. Great job and congratulations on a
successful experiment. -Mac
[The overwhelming truth is that OUR opinions did not affect
the numbers. We have opinions and voiced them in the
community, but we NEVER let them affect the numbers.]
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Just a word of congratulations on a very interesting
"experiment". I have been watching and participating in
this poll for months now with fascination and you have
proved your approach to be true and reliable. Great work.
-Joe
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Since Bush won, we may as well be bombed off the face of
the earth. It would be better than being stuck in another
four year regime under that idiot. The worst thing is that
if something happens to Bush, we'll have that moron DICK
ruining the country. I'm very disappointed in this country
and will not ever vote again! -B Whiteblack
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Opinions have no place in a revealing the results. We are
smart enough to interpret the results for ourselves and
come to our own conclusions. The email is full of opinions
that make me concerned that your OPINIONS WILL CHANGE
PEOPLES VOTE! -Stephen
End of Readers Comments
This was only a representative sampling. Until next week,
have a great week.
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