On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, Thom Baguley wrote:
>
> I was also struck by the poll result in Florida newspaper reporting that most
> Floridians thought the election was fair. Most was less than 2/3 in that case.
> I would be horrified if 1/3 of the electorate in an English election thought
> the election might be unfair. (I'd hope for 99% plus percent thinking it fair).
>
> Thom
As someone living in the U.S. I'm surprised that over 50% thought the
election was fair. From the media we are getting a picture that
indicates that all Gore supporters thought that the election was unfair
and the Bush supporters thought that it was fair.
Gore supporters are demanding selective recounts in order to keep the
election fair and Bush supporters are opposing the recounts in order to
keep the election fair.
We need to keep these responses in that context. If you had asked this
same question a few days before the election, I expect that the results
would have been different.
Michael
*******************************************************************
Michael M. Granaas
Associate Professor [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Department of Psychology
University of South Dakota Phone: (605) 677-5295
Vermillion, SD 57069 FAX: (605) 677-6604
*******************************************************************
All views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily
reflect those of the University of South Dakota, or the South
Dakota Board of Regents.
=================================================================
Instructions for joining and leaving this list and remarks about
the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES are available at
http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/
=================================================================
