(Were they all one publication that should have been uploaded as one record?)
You can assume anything done now is purely for electioneering purposes. The predominance of crime issue makes this looks like push-polling. If one person sends it back filled in (probably the candidate himself), the next leaflet will report "overwhelming" concern in surveys about the issue of crime. (It would be nice if people were smart enough to ask the canvasser how many returns of a survey they got when they reported the results, but they never are.) Other examples include setting up shop-a-yob hotline. See: http://by-elections.co.uk/hartlepool/labour6a.jpg JT On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Alexander Harrowell <[email protected]> wrote: > On Friday 16 April 2010 18:25:43 Timothy Green wrote: >> Just to understand the psychology of it - do you look more favourably on >> doing surveys which aren't push-polling, or do you feel it's not worth >> the time to distinguish the two? >> >> -t > > For example: Labour sent me a "survey" asking me to rank the items on their > pledge card in order of priority. (My report on it to TSC via democracyclub is > here: http://www.thestraightchoice.org/leaflet.php?q=1221) > > The Lib Dems sent me a two-page survey about crime, with an unusual blue > (police/tory) colour scheme, which finished up with a "can't win here" dodgy > bar chart and came in the same envelope as a postal vote registration form. > > The survey bit is here: http://www.thestraightchoice.org/leaflet.php?q=1222 > > and the payoff bit is here: > http://www.thestraightchoice.org/leaflet.php?q=1223 > > I'm quite sure these are both ways of a) inducing the recipient to read the > party's headline material and b) giving an impression of "openness". > > -- > The only thing worse than e-mail disclaimers...is people who send e-mail to > lists complaining about them > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list [email protected] > Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public > _______________________________________________ Mailing list [email protected] Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public
