On Sun, 14 Oct 2001, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: > In a democracy the politician who can have the people > believing that his opinions reflect those of the majority will > win the election. Because of this, it is in the best > interests of politicians to see to it that the public opinion > polls are manipulated in their favor.
Precisely why this nation was NOT founded as a democracy. Only the House of Representatives was to have been democratically elected. > > I just checked by killing my browser, wiping my > > cookies, and restarting the browser, and was able > > to revote a question. > > This was dishonest of you to vote more than once. If it was > just an experiment to see if you could get away with it, then > you may plead that your dishonesty in this case is perhaps > very mitigating and excusable <G>. Whitehats have to know how the blackhats gain access. ;-) Kinda like stealing a penny from the bank just to demonstrate that the bank isn't as invulnerable as it thought. > > Few surveys have any objective integrity anyway. > > Most have the questions worded in subtle fasion to > > steer the vote in the desired manner. > > Yes, and that is one of the best methods used by politicians to > manipulate public opinion polls. Not only politicians, but advertisers as well. - Steve
